Using 50 as an arbitrary age cut-off is subject to much discussion. Patients who are at high risk for prostate cancer â such as African-American men or those with a strong family history of a father or brother who were diagnosed with prostate cancer prior to age 65 â should begin screening at age 45.SA Testing for Older Men. Prostate cancer is a disease that is associated with a higher incidence amongst the elderly. Autopsy studies show that up to 80% of 80-year-old men are found to have prostate cancer.
Additionally, paralysis from a spinal cord injury may be referred to as: 1  Tetraplegia. Also known as quadriplegia, this means your arms, hands, trunk, legs and pelvic organs are all affected by your spinal cord injury. 2  Paraplegia. This paralysis affects all or part of the trunk, legs and pelvic organs.
When there is a problem with this pathway, facial paralysis is the result. Two of the more common causes of facial paralysis are outlined below. Congenital Facial Paralysis. Congenital facial paralysis can occur on one side of the face (unilateral facial paralysis) or both sides of the face (bilateral facial paralysis) (see Figure A). Unilateral facial paralysis can be related to conditions such as hemifacial microsomia, in which one half of the face does not develop as fully as the other, sometimes producing less facial motion on the affected side.