Causes of Paraplegia

Paraplegia: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Paraplegia, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Paraplegia:

• Multiple sclerosis
• Acute spinal cord injury
• Tumours
• Vertebral fracture
• Myelitis trabsversa
• Stroke
• Brain tumour
• Polyneuropathy
• Compression of the spinal cord
• Transaction of the spinal cord

Paraplegia: Causes and Types

Causes of Types of Paraplegia: Review the cause informationfor the various types of Paraplegia:

• Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
• more types...»

Causes of Broader Categories of Paraplegia: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

• Spinal Cord Disorders
• Spinal cord injury
• Paralysis
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Movement conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• more types...»

Paraplegia as a complication of other conditions:

Other conditions that might have Paraplegia as a complication may, potentially, be an underlying cause of Paraplegia. Our database lists the following as having Paraplegia as a complication of that condition:

• Devic disease
• Klippel Feil Syndrome
• Klippel-Feil syndrome recessive type
• Klippel-Feil syndrome, dominant type
• Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity

Paraplegia as a symptom:

Conditions listing Paraplegia as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Paraplegia. Our database lists the following as having Paraplegia as a symptom of that condition:

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2
• Amyotrophy, neurogenic scapuloperoneal, New England type
• Anterior spinal artery syndrome
• Dysbarism
• Fibrocartilaginous embolism
• Foix-Alajouanine syndrome
• Katayama fever
• Paragonimiases -- lung infection
• Paraplegia -- brachydactyly -- cone-shaped epiphysis
• Scapuloperoneal syndrome, neurogenic type
• Scapuloperoneal syndrome, neurogenic, Kaeser type
• Spinal shock

Medical news summaries relating to Paraplegia:

The following medical news items are relevant to causes of Paraplegia:

• Hereditary spastic paraplegia is a frequently misdiagnosed neurological disorder
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Related information on causes of Paraplegia:

As with all medical conditions, there may be many causal factors. Further relevant information on causes of Paraplegia may be found in:

• Hidden causes of Paraplegia