Overview

Quad' comes from the Latin for four and 'plegia' comes from the Greek for the inability to move. Quadriplegia is a symptom of paralysis that affects all of a person’s limbs and body from the neck down. The most common cause of quadriplegia is an injury to the spinal cord in your neck. The loss or dysfunction of motor and/or sensory function in the cervical region of the spinal cord is known as quadriplegia. Partial or complete loss of function in the arms legs trunk and pelvis can result from a loss of motor function which can manifest as weakness or paralysis.

Causes

Quadriplegia can be caused by various factors such as 

• Motor vehicle accidents

• Falls 

• Contact sports 

• Gunshot wounds

• Violence 

• Brainstem stroke

• Oxygen deficiency

• Central nervous system 

• Infection

• Cerebral palsy

• Spinal cord injury.

Symptoms

Quadriplegia symptoms include 

• Weakness 

• Loss of sensation 

• Bowel and bladder dysfunction 

• Sexual dysfunction 

• Breathing difficulties 

• Poor trunk control 

• Pain numbness

• Tingling, and spasms.

Ayurvedic View

Sarvanga vata- it is vata dosha predominant disease, where this aggravated vata enters sira (blood vessels, nerves) and snayu (tendon, ligaments) dries these by vata dosha ruksha (drying quality) and causes sandhi vishlesha (looseness of affected joint), kriya hani (loss of function) etc, when this affects the whole body (4 limbs) is called as quadriplegia. Ayurveda way of approach is to correct agni (metabolism), bring dosha back to prakruta awastha (balanced state), to rehabilitate the affected area by ayurvedic panchakarma treatment and treatment done locally for head so as to stimulate the lost nerves function. 

Ayurvedic Treatments

Abhyangam   Snehanam   Churna pinda Swedanam   Nasyam   Virechanam   Matra vasti   Kashaya vasti Navara pinda Swedanam.  Pinda swedam   Thalapothichil   Nadi swedam

Naturopathy Treatments

Enema   Mud packs   Acupuncture   Manipulative therapy    Diet therapy   Mind sound resonance technique   Physiotherapy   Electrotherapy   Exercise therapy  Dorn therapy.