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<h2 id="types">Types</h2> <h3>Limbs</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Monoparesis/529HlmaJ">Monoparesis</a> – One leg or one arm</li> <li><a href="/facts/Paraparesis/WEkLBbt9">Paraparesis</a> – Both legs</li> <li><a href="/facts/Hemiparesis/W44QM11N">Hemiparesis</a> – The loss of function to only one side of the body</li> <li><a href="/facts/Triparesis/pA6Y4SCx">Triparesis</a> – Three limbs. This can either mean both legs and one arm, both arms and a leg, or a combination of one arm, one leg, and face</li> <li><a href="/facts/Double_Hemiparesis/W44QM11N">Double hemiparesis</a> – All four limbs are involved, but one side of the body is more affected than the other</li> <li><a href="/facts/Tetraparesis/uFthc4a2">Tetraparesis</a> – All four limbs</li> <li><a href="/facts/Quadriparesis/uFthc4a2">Quadriparesis</a> – All four limbs, equally affected</li> <li>These terms frequently refer to the impairment of motion in <a href="/facts/Multiple_sclerosis/vghXl0IQ">multiple sclerosis</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Cerebral_palsy/WTs1Ge0p">cerebral palsy</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li></ul> <h3>Other</h3> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Gastroparesis/pMmzKa79">Gastroparesis</a> – impaired stomach emptying</li> <li>A form of <a href="/facts/Ophthalmoplegia/rTWMRye4">ophthalmoplegia</a></li> <li>Spastic paresis – exaggerated tendon reflexes and muscle hypertonia<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li>In the past, the term was most commonly used to refer to "<a href="/facts/General_paresis/13JmXKbz">general paresis</a>", which was a symptom of untreated <a href="/facts/Syphilis/fdnGLyLT">syphilis</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> However, due to improvements in treatment of syphilis, it is now rarely used in this context.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Asthenia/U9wAgeLn">Asthenia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ataxia/suENWGS6">Ataxia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Atony/J1SQG6Cr">Atony</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Catatonia/7agpD58W">Catatonia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Fatigue_(physical)/C2oo4Hvg">Fatigue (physical)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Facial_nerve_paralysis/k0DGFGBG">Facial nerve paralysis</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hypotonia/73guQUlU">Hypotonia</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Malaise/vdb5DxAU">Malaise</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Muscle_weakness/H5FEnEBF">Muscle weakness</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Palsy/U32D9N4p">Palsy</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Look up <i> paresis</i> in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. <ul><li><a href="http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/paresis.html">Overview</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.bio.miami.edu/hare/paresis.html">Hind Limb Paresis and Paralysis in Rabbits</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: 000748 <a href="/wiki/MedlinePlus" target="_blank">/wiki/MedlinePlus</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Types of Cerebral Palsy". cerebralpalsy.org. Retrieved 2017-05-23. <a href="http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/types-and-forms" target="_blank">http://www.cerebralpalsy.org/about-cerebral-palsy/types-and-forms</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Young, Robert (2000). "Chapter 15: Spastic Paresis". In Burks, Jack (ed.). Multiple Sclerosis - Diagnosis, Medical Management and Rehabilitation. Demos Medical Publishing, Inc. p. 299. ISBN 1-888799-35-8. <a href="1-888799-35-8" target="_blank">1-888799-35-8</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>MedlinePlus Encyclopedia: 000748 <a href="/wiki/MedlinePlus" target="_blank">/wiki/MedlinePlus</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>