Because of differences in compression leg wraps, selection of the most effective and efficient compression wraps for legs can be difficult. The purpose of this integrated review was to determine healing rates of venous ulcers with various compression wraps.
Long-term psychological and physiological effects of heat stroke. PHYSIOL BEHAV 54(2) 265-267, 1993.-Heat stroke leads only rarely to permanent neurological deficits and the convalescence is almost complete. There are, however, some sporadic descriptions of disturbances that lasted for up to 4 months.
The types and degrees of disability that follow a stroke will depend upon which area of the brain is damaged. Stroke damage in the brain can affect the entire body, resulting in mild to severe disabilities. Specific effects of a stroke can include: Weakness (hemiparesis) or paralysis (hemiplegia) on one side of the body that may affect the whole side or just the arm or leg. The weakness or paralysis is on the side of the body opposite the side of the brain that was affected by the stroke. Spasticity, stiffness in muscles, painful muscle spasms.