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Melody has paralysis and this website tells you all about it and how people get it and how they have to deal with it

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Paralysis is a loss of muscle function in part of your body. It can be localized or generalized, partial or complete, and temporary or permanent. Paralysis can affect any part of your body at any time in your life. If you experience it, you probably won't feel pain in the affected areas.

A treatment plan and outlook for the condition will depend on the underlying cause of paralysis, as well as symptoms experienced. Technological innovations and therapeutic interventions may help you maintain your independence and quality of life.

The symptoms of paralysis are usually easy to identify. If you experience paralysis, you'll lose function in a specific or widespread area of your body. Sometimes a tingling or numbing sensation can occur before total paralysis sets in. Paralysis will also make it difficult or impossible to control muscles in the affected body parts.

Doctors can classify paralysis in many different ways:

Location

Localized paralysis affects only one part of your body, such as your face or hand.

Generalized paralysis is a group of conditions that affect multiple body parts. The types include:

monoplegia, which affects only one arm or leg

hemiplegia, which affects one arm and one leg on the same side of your body

paraplegia, which affects both of your legs

quadriplegia, or tetraplegia, which affects both of your arms and both of your legs

Severity

If you have partial paralysis, you'll have some control over the muscles in the affected body parts. If you have complete paralysis, you'll have no control over the muscles in the affected areas.

Duration

Your paralysis may be temporary. For example, Bell's palsy is a condition that can cause temporary paralysis of your face. Strokes can also temporarily paralyze one side of your body. With time and treatment, you may regain some or all of your feeling and coordination.

In other cases, your paralysis may be permanent.

Flaccid or spastic

Flaccid paralysis causes your muscles to shrink and become flabby. It results in muscle weakness. Spastic paralysis involves tight and hard muscles. It can cause your muscles to twitch uncontrollably, or spasm.

Some people are born paralyzed. Others develop paralysis due to an accident or a medical condition.

According to the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, stroke is the leading cause of paralysis in the United States. It's responsible for nearly 30 percent of cases. Spinal cord injury accounts for an estimated 23 percent of cases. Multiple sclerosis causes an estimated 17 percent of cases.

Other causes of paralysis include:

Diagnosing paralysis is often easy, especially when your loss of muscle function is obvious. For internal body parts where paralysis is more difficult to identify, your doctor may use X-rays, CT scans, MRI scans, or other imaging studies.

If you experience a spinal cord injury, your doctor may use myelography to assess your condition. In this procedure, they'll insert a special dye into the nerves in your spinal cord. This will help them see your nerves more clearly on X-rays. They may also perform an electromyography. In this procedure, they'll use sensors to measure electrical activity in your muscles.

A treatment plan will depend on the underlying cause of the paralysis, as well the symptoms experienced. For example, a doctor may prescribe:

surgery or possible amputation

physical therapy

occupational therapy

mobility aids, such as wheelchairs, braces, mobile scooters, or other devices

medications, such as Botox or muscle relaxers, if you have spastic paralysis

In many cases, paralysis isn't curable. But a healthcare team can recommend a variety of treatments, tools, and strategies to help manage symptoms.

Many people with paralysis never regain mobility or sensation in the affected areas of their bodies. But even if a person's paralysis isn't curable, their healthcare team can recommend assistive technologies, therapeutic interventions, or other strategies to help improve quality of life.

For example, special braces and electronic mobility devices may allow independent movement. Occupational therapists and other professionals can help modify the following to suit a patient's abilities and needs:

A doctor may also recommend lifestyle changes, medications, surgery, or other treatments to help manage potential complications.

If you're seeking treatment for paralysis, ask your doctor for more information about your specific diagnosis, treatment plan, and long-term outlook.

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Paralysis: Definition and Patient Education

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Paralysis is a loss of muscle function in part of your body. It can affect any part of your body at any time in your life. A treatment plan and outlook for the condition will depend on the underlying cause of paralysis, as well as symptoms experienced.

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This book relates to out of my mind because Gerald the main character is different from everyone else and he gets teased for it just like Melody. Both stories also have stereotypes against the main character Gerald's is Giraffes can't dance and Melody's is disabled kids aren't smart, but also in both stories they prove their stereotype and do what the others can't. They are brave and they be themselves.

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This heart represents the love and Support from Melody's parents they support her in whatever she chooses to do and they understand when ever she tries to communicate and they understand whenever she is going through something. They also stand up for her because people can be some mean to her and bully her for how she is. Her parents are right there for her and have go got her back. Always.

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This is the only thing that even can get Melody close to talking. She presses a button and a machine speaks her words for her, and although it doesn´t come straight out of her mouth she is grateful for what she has. This is her only form of communication and it sounds like a robot. She is very happy she can "talk" but she just wishes it came out of her mouth.

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This right here what this girl is doing is what Melody wishes she could do everyday. She sees people talking in the hallways, at lunch, on the bus and in class. She wishes she can sing more than talk she wishes she could sing more than walk. She dreams about singing up on a stage in front of a crowd of millions but eventually she has to wake up and realize that she is still in a wheel chair speechless her whole life.

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This camera represents Melody´s brain and how it functions. It´s like a camera when she sees something her brain takes a ¨Picture¨ of it and glues it into her brain forever. She never forgets anything. This is why Melody is so smart she can remember anything from when she first started walking to 5th grade now. Nobody is as smart as her and that is why Melody´s brain is a camera

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This wheelchair represents what
Melody´s wheelchair could have looked like, it has the controller and the rubber electronic wheels and the tray so that she can hold the machine that can talk for her. She can only get around with this thing this limits so many things for her but she manages to succeed in life and push past her limits and be brave.

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The book Wonder by RJ Palacio is about a boy named Auggie who has a physical disabilities but not mental and like Melody he gets bullied at school and looked down upon but just like Melody he doesn´t care and he keeps getting mentally stronger against the haters. He shows people that it´s okay to be different. We have have our flaws but we should be proud of them. They are what make us unique.

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The song Brave by Sara Bareilles shows that you need to be brave, and this is connects to Out of my mind because no matter what challenges you face in life, Melody proves to herself and all of her readers that we need to be brave in tough situations and whenever the going gets tough. Don´t give up and continue on and be Brave.

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This is the author of my book and many others that she has put lots of thought and different perspectives in. She makes you think about what we should be grateful for and how there are some serious issues out there that we can help solve.

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This is the cover of the book I am reading. Out of my mind by Sharon M Draper is about a girl named Melody who suffers from a birth defect that keeps her from the ability to walk, or talk but that doesn´t stop her, she always finds a new way to solve her problem. The only ones she can´t solve are the ones at school, she is bullied and not even the teachers want to help but Melody
doesn´t care, she keeps something to school and proving everyone wrong.