What is hemiplegia?

Hemiplegia is the paralysis or loss of muscle function to one side of the body. Hemiplegia may occur from a birth disorder, spinal cord injury, or other medical conditions, i.e. cancer, stroke.

How do members experience hemiplegia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with hemiplegia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for hemiplegia*

Who has hemiplegia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 6
30s 12
40s 15
50s 22
60s 19
70+ 10

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 28
Female 56

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What is hemiplegia?

Hemiplegia is the paralysis or loss of muscle function to one side of the body. Hemiplegia may occur from a birth disorder, spinal cord injury, or other medical conditions, i.e. cancer, stroke.



Common symptoms reported by people with hemiplegia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for hemiplegia

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Compare treatments taken by people with hemiplegia

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have hemiplegia through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with hemiplegia? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has hemiplegia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 1 new patients joined this month
  • 53 say hemiplegia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 6
30s 12
40s 15
50s 22
60s 19
70+ 10
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 4
20-29 years 4
30-39 years 4
40-49 years 6
50-59 years 2
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 28
Female 56

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 24
Not Diagnosed 6

These charts show data from hemiplegia patients who have completed their condition history
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