Paresis

Types

Limbs

• Monoparesis – One leg or one arm
• Paraparesis – Both legs
• Hemiparesis – The loss of function to only one side of the body
• Triparesis 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
• Double Hemiparesis all four limbs are involved, but one side of the body is more affected than the other
• Tetraparesis – All four limbs
• Quadriparesis All four limbs, equally affected
• These terms frequently refer to the impairment of motion in multiple sclerosis and cerebral palsy

  Other

• Gastroparesis – impaired stomach emptying
• A form of ophthalmoplegia
• Spastic paresis – exaggerated tendon reflexes and muscle hypertonia
• In the past, the term was most commonly used to refer to "general paresis", which was a symptom of untreated syphilis. However, due to improvements in treatment of syphilis, it is now rarely used in this context.