What are the symptoms after a spinal cord injury?

Typical symptoms. Movement disorders: due to cervical spinal cord injury, the function of the limbs can be problematic, manifested as quadriplegia, thoracic, lumbar or sacrococcygeal injury, and the paralysis is mostly in the lower limbs.

Sensory disturbances: paresthesias or hypothesias in the trunk and limbs below the level of injury.

Pain: more patients have unclearly described pain.

2. Defecation disorder: inability to control urine and bowel movements.

Other symptoms. Thermostatia: After cervical spinal cord injury, the level below the injury level can not sweat, and the function of regulating and adapting to temperature changes is lost, and it is often easy to produce high fever, and the body temperature can reach more than 40.

Syndrome. Respiratory failure and respiratory tract infection: neck 1 and neck 2 injuries can lead to complete paralysis of the intercostal muscles, and the injured person dies immediately at the scene, neck 3, neck 4, and neck 5 injuries are prone to early respiratory failure, and only the lower cervical spine is injured to retain abdominal breathing, but the ventilator strength is insufficient, and the airway resistance increases, so that the secretions cannot be excluded from the body, and those who lie down for a long time produce falling pneumonia, and respiratory tract infections can occur within a week.

Urinary tract infection: The injured need long-term indwelling urinary catheter due to urinary retention, which is prone to urinary tract infection, and may have painful urination and frequent urination.

Pressure ulcers: patients are bedridden for a long time, ** loss of consciousness, and are prone to pressure ulcers.

Early symptoms. Early spinal cord injury may lead to loss of sensation and shock.

Moderate to late stage symptoms.

Gluteal muscle atrophy, incontinence, dyspnea, and spasmodic paralysis of the limbs may occur.

The typical clinical presentation of spinal cord injury is the partial or complete loss of limb sensory and motor functions below the level of injury, resulting in a range of dysfunctions:

1.Serious effects on sexual and reproductive function.

2.Severe pain or tingling. 4. Hyperreflexia and muscle spasms.

3.Difficulty breathing, inability to cough, productive production and other respiratory dysfunctions. In addition, spinal cord injuries can cause a range of complications:

1.Urinary retention.

2.Genitourinary tract infections are recurrent.

3.Respiratory failure.

4.Pressure ulcers. 5.Disorders of body temperature.

6.Muscle atrophy caused by long-term activity.

7.Some metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, are at higher risk.

8.Depression and other psychiatric disorders.

The main clinical manifestations of spinal cord injury include, during spinal shock, manifested by flaccid paralysis below the level of injury, loss of movement, reflexes and sphincter function, loss of sensory level and inability to control urine and bowel movements, and gradually evolve into spastic paralysis after 2 to 4 weeks, manifested by increased muscle tone, hyperreflexia, and pathological pyramidal tract signs. Thoracic spinal cord injury is manifested as paraplegia, cervical spinal cord injury is manifested as quadriplegia, quadriplegia with upper cervical spine injury is spastic paralysis, lower cervical spine injury is due to the destruction of spinal cord distension and nerve roots, upper limb is manifested as flaccid paralysis, and lower limb is spastic paralysis.

The manifestations of spinal cord injury include: 1. Injury location: thoracolumbar injury, which is mainly manifested as decreased muscle strength of the lower limbs, also known as paraplegia; Cervical spinal cord injury manifests as quadriplegia; 2. Degree of damage:

Depending on the severity of the injury, it can be divided into complete injury and incomplete injury. Complete injury is characterized by complete loss of sensory and motor function below the level of injury; Incomplete injury is manifested by partial loss of sensory, motor, and sphincter function below the level of injury, such as neurogenic bladder dysfunction, neurogenic rectal dysfunction The typical clinical manifestation of spinal cord injury is the partial or complete loss of sensory and motor function of the limb below the level of injury, resulting in a range of dysfunctions: severe sexual and reproductive function.

Three. Severe pain or tingling. 4. Hyperreflexia and muscle spasms.

5. Dyspnea, inability to cough, sputum production and other respiratory dysfunctions. In addition, spinal cord injuries can cause a range of complications:1.

Urinary retention. 2. Genitourinary tract infection reflux. Three.

Respiratory failure. 4. Pressure ulcers. 5. Disorders of body temperature.

6. Muscle atrophy caused by long-term activity. 7 Some metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, are at higher risk. 8. Depression and other psychiatric disorders.

The typical clinical presentation of spinal cord injury is the partial or complete loss of limb sensory and motor functions below the level of injury, resulting in a range of dysfunctions:

1.Serious effects on sexual and reproductive function.

2.Severe pain or tingling. 4. Hyperreflexia and muscle spasms.

3.Difficulty breathing, inability to cough, productive production and other respiratory dysfunctions. In addition, spinal cord injuries can cause a range of complications:

1.Urinary retention.

2.Genitourinary tract infections are recurrent.

3.Respiratory failure.

4.Pressure ulcers. 5.Disorders of body temperature.

6.Muscle atrophy caused by long-term activity.

7.Some metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, are at higher risk.

8.Depression and other psychiatric disorders.