What does paraplegia mean

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There are unforeseen events in the sky, and people have misfortunes and blessings all the time. Everyone can have some accidents. In life, some people may have high paraplegia because of a car accident or other accidents, but some patients and their families don't understand what high paraplegia means? Next, I will explain this problem to you.

What does paraplegia mean

First: 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.

Second: high paraplegia generally has quadriplegia, and the prognosis is poor. Other aspects are the same as lower limb paraplegia. Spinal or accessory fractures, displaced vertebral bodies or bone pieces protruding into the spinal canal may compress the spinal cord or cauda equina, causing different degrees of injury. Below the transverse plane of the injured spinal cord, the sensory movement and reflex of the limbs disappear completely, and the bladder and anus disappear Complete loss of muscle function, said complete paraplegia. After cervical spinal cord injury, the patients with nerve dysfunction in both upper limbs are quadriplegia.

Third: high paraplegia can be treated with psychotherapy: according to the changes of different stages of psychology, we can make a psychotherapy plan, which can be used in individual and collective, family, behavior and other methods. Daily treatment can also be used: mainly daily life movements, occupational labor movements, craft labor, so that patients with high paraplegia can adapt to the needs of personal life, family life, social life and labor after discharge.

matters needing attention

In life, some people have a wrong understanding of high paraplegia, and even mistakenly think that high paraplegia is to cut off people's lower body. Although high paraplegia seems to be far away from us, we should also know something about it. High paraplegia patients are unfortunate, but they should still be positive and optimistic.