What are the main causes of spinal cord shock

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I always feel uncomfortable. I don't know what's going on. I went to the hospital to check my lower spinal cord. The doctor said that it was spinal cord shock. After a period of treatment in the hospital, I feel much better. Now let me talk about the main causes of spinal cord shock.

What are the main causes of spinal cord shock

First, it is also called spinal shock. When the spinal cord is disconnected from the high central nervous system, the spinal cord temporarily loses the ability of reflex activity and enters into a non reactive state, which is called spinal cord shock. This kind of animal whose spinal cord is disconnected from the high center is called spinal animal. During spinal cord shock, the skeletal muscle tension, peripheral vasodilation, blood pressure, sweating reflex, urine filling in bladder and fecal accumulation in rectum were decreased or disappeared.

Second, spinal cord shock is a temporary phenomenon, after which various reflexes can gradually recover. The time of recovery is closely related to the evolution of animal species. In lower animals, such as frogs, reflexes can be recovered within minutes after spinal cord amputation. In dogs, reflexes can be recovered within days. In monkeys, reflexes can be recovered within weeks. In humans, spinal cord shock caused by trauma can be recovered within weeks or even months.

Third, the recovery time of various reflexes is also different, such as flexor reflex, tendon reflex and other relatively simple reflexes, followed by the relatively complex reflexes such as contralateral extensor reflex, scratch reflex, and partial recovery of urination and defecation reflex. The reason of spinal cord shock is that the severed spinal cord segment loses the regulatory influence of high-level center, especially the facilitation influence from cerebral cortex, vestibular nucleus and brain stem reticular structure.

matters needing attention

For patients, because spinal cord shock is relatively serious, so when they find themselves very uncomfortable, they should go to the hospital for examination in time, so as to effectively treat the disease, so that the disease will not further deteriorate, which has a certain impact on the health of patients.