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Brachial palsy is a weakness or paralysis of the arm due to brachial plexus injury. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves near your neck that connect your spinal cord to your arms. These ...
Erb's palsy is a paralysis of the arm caused by injury to the upper group of the arm's main nerves, specifically the severing of the upper trunk C5–C6 nerves. These form part of the brachial plexus, comprising the ventral rami of spinal nerves C5–C8 and thoracic nerve T1. [1][2][3] These injuries arise most commonly, but not exclusively ...
Lower brachial plexus injuries should be distinguished from upper brachial plexus injuries, which can also result from birth trauma but give a different syndrome of weakness known as Erb's palsy. Other trauma, such as motorcycle accidents, that have similar spinal cord injuries to C8 and T1, also show the same symptoms of Klumpke's paralysis.
Emergency medicine. A brachial plexus injury (BPI), also known as brachial plexus lesion, is an injury to the brachial plexus, the network of nerves that conducts signals from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arm and hand. These nerves originate in the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth cervical (C5–C8), and first thoracic (T1) spinal nerves ...
injury from stretching. pressure from tumors. damage from radiation therapy. Brachial plexus neuropathy may also be associated with: birth defects. exposure to toxins. inflammatory conditions ...
Erb’s palsy: This often occurs when a baby’s neck is stretched too far during delivery. It also happens when a baby’s shoulders cannot pass through the birth canal. This can result in ...
Abnormal presentations increase a woman's risk for uterine or birth canal injuries and abnormal labor. Breech babies are at an increased risk of injury and a prolapsed umbilical cord, which cuts ...
Parsonage-Turner syndrome (PTS) is a condition that brings on sudden, severe pain in your shoulder and upper arm, and then longer-lasting muscle weakness. It usually affects one side of your body ...