What are the symptoms of spinal cord injury?

The symptoms of spinal cord injury mainly include the following two aspects: 1. Local symptoms: pain, deformity caused by local fractures.

2. Neurological symptoms: According to the different levels of injury, its symptoms are different. Thoracolumbar spinal cord injury mainly causes paralysis of the lower limbs and urinary and urinary dysfunction.

Patients like this can be trained to sit in a wheelchair in the later stage, focusing on strengthening the functional exercise of the upper limbs to enhance their self-care ability. In patients with a high spinal cord injury, such as a cervical spine injury, the higher the level of the injury, the greater its impact. The injury of the low cervical spine may cause damage to the function of one or both hands, and if it is higher, the arm may not be able to lift up, so the patient's self-care ability is very poor, and he may need to be taken care of by someone to eat and dress.

If the level of injury is to the atlantoaxial vertebrae, respiratory and circulatory function may be affected, and the patient may have high fever, difficulty breathing, and need to be put on a ventilator**.

The three major symptoms of spinal cord injury are sensory impairment, movement disorder, and bowel disorder. After spinal cord injury, it is necessary to immobilize in a timely manner, dehydration drugs can be used, a large amount of hormonal shock in a short period of time**, and drugs to nourish the nerves can also be used to accelerate the recovery of spinal cord injury, but it is generally difficult to recover completely from spinal cord injury.

It is mainly manifested by the weakening or disappearance of pain, temperature, touch, and proprioception below the level of injury. During spinal shock, patients below the spinal cord injury segment present with paralysis and loss of reflexes. After the shock period, if the spinal cord is crossed, upper motor neuron paralysis, increased muscle tone, hyperreflexia, RG present-form twin, and pathological reflexes may occur.

Spinal cord injury, in fact, there are many types and cannot be generalized. Spinal cord injuries can be caused by high-energy injuries, such as car accidents, total paralysis, or limbs, or even the difficulty of moving the neck, which is the most serious.

Usually the most worthy of our attention is thoracic spinal stenosis or cervical spondylosis, these two conditions compress the spinal cord caused by this symptom, these symptoms are mild, some are severe, some may be walking shaking, some are unstable in holding things, but the symptoms at this time are the easiest and most should be paid attention to, because once these symptoms appear at this time, it often means that the time for surgery has come. At this time, I did not hesitate to go to the hospital, find a doctor to do MRI, CT to see**, if it is suitable for surgery, then you must listen to the doctor's words, don't be too afraid of surgery, delay the condition. There are many more symptoms of the spinal cord, so I won't introduce them all here.

Symptoms that should be paid attention to are shaky walking and unsteady holding of things. If these symptoms appear, you must pay attention to it, go to the hospital for MRI, CT, and if you need surgery, you should do it as soon as possible**.

Common functional impairments in spinal cord injury include the following:

1. Movement disorders: cervical spinal cord injury can cause problems in the function of the limbs, and the surface is now quadriplegia. thoracic, lumbar, or sacrococcygeal injury, paralysis of the lower extremities;

2. Sensory impairment: paresthesia or hypothesia occur on the trunk and limbs below the level of injury;

3. Pain: more patients have unclear pain;

4. Second stool disorder: involuntary control of urine and bowel movements;

The symptoms of spinal injury mainly depend on the patient's injury, and the main ones are as follows:

1. If there is only a slight adnexal injury to the spine, such as a transverse process fracture or a spinous process fracture, it is generally manifested as pain in the lower back and limited movement, but there is no neurological disorder.

2. If the case is more severe, there will be compressive changes in the vertebral body, and the patient often has more serious low back pain, unable to stand, and can even touch the deformity of the posterior protrusion in the lower back.

3. The most serious situation is that the injury of the spine involves the spinal cord or nerve roots in the spinal canal, which will cause corresponding neurological dysfunction, such as limb weakness, inflexibility, urine and fecal dysfunction, etc., which is very critical and requires surgery as soon as possible.

If it is an open spinal injury, a relatively obvious wound can be seen locally, and even the outflow of cerebrospinal fluid, spinal cord tissue, and spinal nerves can be directly seen. If the corresponding spinal cord tissues and spinal nerves are damaged, there may be corresponding neurological clinical signs, such as a decrease in muscle strength in the corresponding innervated area, impaired limb mobility, limb sensory disturbances.

Patients with severe spinal injuries should be actively considered for surgery**, and the patient should be placed in a supine position before surgery, and it should be carefully cleaned and disinfected.

The clinical manifestations of spinal cord injury include motor dysfunction, sensory dysfunction, bladder and rectal dysfunction, as well as the corresponding complications associated with it.

Spinal cord injury is caused by displacement of the posterior vertebral vertebrae or protruding bone fragments in the spinal canal, causing varying degrees of damage to the spinal cord or spinal nerves, which are divided into primary spinal cord injury and secondary spinal cord injury. The most common location is the middle and lower cervical spine and the thoracolumbar junction, and there are many sensory and motor dysfunctions, and quadriplegia can occur in severe cases, and drugs, surgery and **** can be taken.

If the symptoms are mild, patients can regain their ability to take care of themselves through **** and corrective devices, and in severe cases, they can lead to or even death.