Talk:General paresis of the insane

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No mention of a cause.

As an entry for "paresis" this is article is UTTER CRAP. I do suffer from a paresis. It is a muscle and movement thing and it has nothing to do with syphilis or insanity.

Definitions of Paresis in English:

Slight or incomplete paralysis. www.peteducation.com/dict_alpha_listing.cfm

Weakness, usually in the arms and legs. www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/edu/msGlossary.html

Partial or incomplete paralysis characterized by weakness and reduction in muscular power. www.med.uwo.ca/ecosystemhealth/education/glossary.htm

Greek = relaxation, but has come to mean partial paralysis. www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/glossary/glossary.cgi

A slight or partial paralysis. Hence, paraparesis means weaknesses in the legs, whereas quadri paresis means weakness in all four limbs, etc. www.unb.ca/current/special/glossary.html

Slight or partial paralysis, often manifesting as weakness in certain muscles. naam-stroke.lle.org/glossary.htm

A slight paralysis; weakness of a limb. www.vet.uga.edu/vpp/gray_book/Handheld/appendix_5.htm

Another word for paralysis. members.tripod.com/~PorphBook/100.html

Partial weakness. www.ohiohealth.com/healthreference/healthtopics/glossary.htm

It is only an impairment of the action of a muscle or a group of muscles (not a total loss of function). www.geocities.com/sapatney/terminology.htm

Weakness in movement. www.msubillings.edu/rbuehl/student_work/vocab2.html

partial weakness, short of paralysis (which is total). www.neurosurvival.ca/reference/simpleglossary.html

a slight or partial paralysis www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn --Daddysmutantkid 12:44, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please note that paresis refers to partial paralysis or muscle weakness; general paresis refers to insanity caused by late-stage syphilis. Unfortunately, there may also be confusion at times, as the term "paresis" can be used in reference to general paresis. Googling for "general paresis" does back up the general gist of this article.

That being said, this article coud probably use some cleanup, and perhaps a disambig link at the top pointing to paresis, like "for the physical malady causing partial physical paralysis, see paresis." -- Taiichi | (talk) 05:36, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Moved page

I moved this page, to what is probably a more accurate contemporary title for it. I also reworded the opening to account for this, and added a disambig link to paresis (which is currently a stub - hint, hint  ;-)

I made the paresis stub specifically to deal with some of the concerns listed above; hopefully, someone will add to it. I hope this will alleviate the issue enough that we can remove the "article incorrect!" flag, but I decided to leave it there for now, but maybe we could replace it with a "article needs attention" or "needs cleanup" template... -- Taiichi | (talk) 06:25, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

I removed the tag, which was uninformed. This particular complication of syphilis is best known as "general paresis of the insane", which is where I've moved it (back?) to. The fact that someone might confuse it with other things called paresis is a reason to explain it carefully or diambiguate it, not to move it around. - Nunh-huh 06:32, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

That's fine. The dismabig wasn't the reason for my move, however; I moved it to "general paresis" because, as far as I can suss, that is the current medical term for it - "G. P. of the insane" is probably antiquated. But, if there is a redirect, I'm not going to worry about it. -- Taiichi | (talk) 07:21, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

The whole diagnosis is pretty much antiquated, and it's interesting primarily as a historical curiousity. - Nunh-huh 07:36, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

For what it's worth, this disease was typically known as "general paresis" in the US and "general paralysis" or "general paralysis of the insane" in the UK. Yes, it is a historical term-- the modern one would be neurosyphilis.) clydgate 1/25/2006

[edit] Arsphenamine

A book I'm reading now claims that Arsphenamine was once used to treat General Paresis; having not worked on this article, I don't know where to insert it, nor do I know much about the history of Paresis.