What is quadriplegia?

Quadriplegia or tetraplegia is paralysis of all four limbs caused by trauma (such as car crash, fall or sports injury), disease (such as transverse myelitis or polio) or congenital disorders, such as muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis.

How do members experience quadriplegia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with quadriplegia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for quadriplegia*

Who has quadriplegia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 12
30s 33
40s 59
50s 54
60s 35
70+ 19

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 136
Female 72

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What is quadriplegia?

Quadriplegia or tetraplegia is paralysis of all four limbs caused by trauma (such as car crash, fall or sports injury), disease (such as transverse myelitis or polio) or congenital disorders, such as muscular dystrophy or multiple sclerosis.



Common symptoms reported by people with quadriplegia

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for quadriplegia

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Compare treatments taken by people with quadriplegia

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Who has quadriplegia on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 2 new patients joined this month
  • 199 say quadriplegia is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 2
20s 12
30s 33
40s 59
50s 54
60s 35
70+ 19
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 10
20-29 years 7
30-39 years 6
40-49 years 2
50-59 years 1
60-69 years 0
70+ years 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 136
Female 72

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 33
Not Diagnosed 2

These charts show data from quadriplegia patients who have completed their condition history
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