What is high paraplegia

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My friend is a builder. Recently, when he went to the construction site for supervision, he fell down accidentally and was sent to the hospital for surgery. At that time, he was given high paraplegia. Now he feels like a useless man, and the whole person has lost the confidence to live. Today, let me talk about what is high paraplegia.

What is high paraplegia

First, high paraplegia is caused by transverse lesions of spinal cord above the second thoracic vertebrae. Most paraplegic patients are injured suddenly in normal work and accidents (such as traffic accident, industrial injury and natural disaster). By means of nursing and nursing, we can prevent the occurrence of various complications, and also carry out some therapeutic clinical treatment to reduce symptoms and promote functional recovery.

Second: high paraplegia, refers to the transverse lesions occurred in the spinal cord at a higher level. In medicine, paraplegia caused by transverse lesion of spinal cord above the second thoracic vertebra is called high paraplegia, and paraplegia caused by spinal cord injury below the third thoracic vertebra is called lower body paraplegia.

Third: paraplegic patients due to some local long-term pressure and poor blood circulation, prone to bedsore. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent and control as soon as possible, keep the sheets flat and clean, add an air ring at the bone protrusion, turn over more, change the body position every 2 hours, and massage with 50% ethanol.

matters needing attention

High paraplegia patients need our family to take good care of their daily life, such as washing, eating, defecation and so on, and gradually train their self-care ability, encourage them to eat nutritious and digestible diet, drink more water, eat more vegetables and fruits, etc.