Hemiplegia does indeed mean paralysis of one side of the body. It is more commonly the result of a stroke than of multiple sclerosis. caroly, MD, in rhode island Debizzyb55t@aol.com wrote: >Thank you for the list. Is it possible that Falling Sickness, listed as >"Epilepsy" and/or Hemiplegy, defined as "Paralysis of one side of the body" could >be Multiple Sclerosis? I fall and have an apparent paralysis on my left side, >so doing genealogy could be more than just looking up names on the limbs of my >family tree, it could be a validation of one theory of how MS begins, as in >heredity. >Deborah Roberts > > >==== MI-GENEALOGY Mailing List ==== >MI-Genealogy Subscribe and Unsubscribe Instructions >Administrator Contacts, Rules and Guidelines >http://www.rootsweb.com/~migenweb/maillist.html > >============================== >Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > >