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What Can Be The Cause Of Sudden Paralysis?

Hi my name is Tina and I have a nephew that is 21 and he woke up the day before yesterday and he couldn t move anything on his left side. He is in Dartmouth N.H. and they are running all kinds of test and haven t found nothing wrong as of yet. Do you or can you think of anything that this could be?
Fri, 2 Jan 2015
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According to me, this seems to be a case of young onset stroke. It requires extensive evaluation with cardiac evaluation, immune status, autoimmune profile and coagulation profile. History of alcohol or drug may be helpful.
Another possibility of psychogenic weakness is also seen in young people but that should be diagnosed after ruling out all possibly pathology.
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What Can Be The Cause Of Sudden Paralysis?

According to me, this seems to be a case of young onset stroke. It requires extensive evaluation with cardiac evaluation, immune status, autoimmune profile and coagulation profile. History of alcohol or drug may be helpful. Another possibility of psychogenic weakness is also seen in young people but that should be diagnosed after ruling out all possibly pathology.