| Triplegia is a condition which causes a person to be | | | | affected; and spastic quadriplegia, where both legs and |
| unable to feel or control an entire side of his or her | | | | both arms are affected. |
| body as well as another of the person's arms or legs. | | | | Triplegia is a devastating condition, as is paraplegia and |
| This paralysis of three extremities is often caused by | | | | quadriplegia. Most victims of the condition require |
| an accident such as an auto or motorcycle accident or | | | | medical attention for the rest of their lives. If you or a |
| violent acts such as gunshot wounds. | | | | loved one suffers from any type of paralysis, it is |
| Other terms of paralysis include paraplegia, the | | | | important to retain an attorney who is familiar with |
| paralysis of a person's lower body and legs; | | | | such conditions and who can maximize the recovery |
| quadriplegia, the paralysis of a person's body from the | | | | for a person's future. |
| neck down; and monoplegia, the paralysis of just one | | | | There is hope that some day, medical research, such |
| arm or leg. Injuries that completely sever the spinal | | | | as that currently being pursued with stem cell |
| cord and those that damage some of the nervous | | | | replacement, will also provide a form of treatment, if |
| tissue in the spinal cord are common causes of | | | | not a cure. Any attorney who has represented |
| triplegia and other levels of paralysis such as | | | | persons suffering from some level of paralysis hopes |
| paraplegia and quadriplegia. | | | | such advances in medical research come quickly. |
| Other terms used by doctors to describe conditions | | | | If you believe there is the possibility that your triplegia, |
| involving paralysis, include spastic diplegia in which the | | | | or that of a loved one, is due to the actions of another |
| degree of disability can vary between the arms and | | | | person or entity, we would encourage you to contact |
| legs with the legs often being more affected than the | | | | the Law Offices of California Truck Accidents, |
| arms; spastic hemiplegia, where one side is affected of | | | | Southern California Triplegia Attorney for an analysis |
| a person's body but the arm or leg is more severely | | | | of your case. |