diplegia

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Recent Examples of diplegia Walker was diagnosed with a rare form of cerebral palsy (spastic diplegia) at 18 months, forcing him to wear leg braces throughout his childhood. Mckinley Franklin, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023 Spastic diplegia primarily involves the legs, often causing stiff hip and leg muscles. Lauren Sieben, SELF, 22 Mar. 2022 She was diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy at age 1, according to the family's YouCaring page. Sarah Klein, Health.com, 6 July 2018 Maya was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with spastic diplegia cerebral palsy, which is a type of cerebral palsy that causes the muscles in the hips, legs and feet to be tight or spastic. Deasia Paige, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diplegia
Noun
  • About a third experience some form of aura beforehand, often accompanied by debilitating symptoms from vomiting to vertigo, or, in worse cases, temporary blindness or hemiplegia, a paralysis down one side of the body.
    Matthew Ponsford, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Related article Gaza’s chessboard of suffering: Tens of thousands on the move again as IDF issues new evacuation orders Julia suffers from a rare neurological disorder called alternating hemiplegia of childhood, or AHC.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 10 July 2024
Noun
  • Two of the rats were paralyzed and unable to reach food or water, and a third had paresis and had trouble moving.
    Rob O'Dell, The Arizona Republic, 23 June 2021
  • Doctors diagnosed her with paresis of the vocal folds, a muscular dysfunction.
    New York Times, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019
Noun
  • Those with quadriplegia or paraplegia who continue to drive have to install expensive or sophisticated hardware to control the foot pedals with their hands.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 July 2024
  • The neurosurgery team wanted to operate immediately to prevent paraplegia.
    Tony Dajer, Discover Magazine, 13 June 2024
Noun
  • But some sites ran out of those ballots, leaving voting operations reliant on accessible devices typically used by voters with disabilities.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
  • This site is dedicated to answering questions for voters with disabilities.
    Jordan Kellogg, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Aim for 7-9 hours: Anything less than 7 hours of sleep can lead to significant metabolic, cognitive, and cardiovascular impairments.
    Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
  • There was also $15.9 billion in impairment charges tied in part to accelerated depreciation for Intel 7 process node manufacturing assets and goodwill impairment in the Mobileye unit.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024

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