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Hemiplegia Classification & external resources
ICD-10	G 80.2, G 81.
ICD-9	342-343, 438.2
MeSH	D006429

Hemiplegia is a condition where there is paralysis of one half of a patient\'s body. Note that hemiplegia is not hemiparesis, wherein one half of the body is weakened but not paralysed. Hemiplegia is more severe than hemiparesis.Hemiplegia/Hemiparesis

Causes

It can be congenital (occurring before, during, or soon after birth) or acquired (as from illness or stroke).

It is usually the result of a stroke, although disease processes affecting the spinal cord and other diseases affecting the hemispheres are equally capable of producing this clinical state. Hemiplegia can be a more serious consequence of stroke than spasticity.Patten C, Lexell J, Brown HE. Weakness and strength training in persons with poststroke hemiplegia: Rationale, method, and efficacy. J Rehab Res Dev 2004;41:293-312. Fulltext. PMID 15543447.

Cerebral palsy can also affect one hemisphere, resulting in limited function. This does not cause paralysis but instead causes spasms. Cerebral palsy where this is the only symptom is often referred just as hemiplegia.

Other causes include Type 2 diabetes mellitus, which can lead to transient hemiplegia, a type of spinal injury called Brown-Sequard syndrome, and injections of local anaesthetic given intra-arterially rapidly, instead of given in a nerve branch.

Hemiplegic migraine

Hemiplegic migraine is a form of migraine during which the person will experience the feeling of numbness on one side of their body. This feeling will usually pass within 2-12 hour. Oliver Sacks writes well on this subject in his book \'Migraine\'.