What symptom does neck injury oppress spinal cord?

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Cervical spinal cord injury is a very serious injury, which often leads to death or disability. If the diaphragm and intercostal muscles are paralyzed, dyspnea may occur, which often leads to rapid death. The patients with lower cervical spinal cord injury had limb paralysis below the injury level, and the upper limbs showed segmental sensory and motor disorders; Due to the paralysis of the thoracic respiratory muscles, the patient only had abdominal breathing, accompanied by sphincter dysfunction and Horner syndrome. The patients with complete spinal cord rupture can have complete flaccid paralysis immediately, and all kinds of senses and reflexes below the injury plane disappear, which can not be recovered. What symptom does neck injury oppress spinal cord? Let's talk about it

What symptom does neck injury oppress spinal cord?

1. Upper cervical spinal cord injury: prone to quadriplegia, if diaphragm and intercostal muscle paralysis, can occur dyspnea, often cause rapid death. Complete spinal cord rupture: complete flaccid paralysis can occur immediately, all kinds of senses and reflexes below the injury plane disappear, and generally can not be recovered.

2. Lower cervical spinal cord injury: limb paralysis below the injury level, segmental sensory and motor disorders of upper limbs. Due to the paralysis of the thoracic respiratory muscles, the patient only had abdominal breathing, accompanied by sphincter dysfunction and Horner syndrome.

3. Partial injury: complete paraplegia as serious as complete rupture may appear immediately, or the symptoms may gradually worsen within a few days with the development of spinal cord hemorrhage and edema. If it is only spinal cord concussion, the function of spinal cord can be recovered gradually in a few days or weeks. When the injury is limited to the half side of the spinal cord, brown Sequard syndrome may occur, that is, dyskinesia occurs on the injured side, and dyskinesia and dyskinesia occur on the contralateral side.

matters needing attention

Pay attention to nutrition, strengthen nursing, often do passive movement of both lower limbs and muscle massage of bone protrusion. To prevent and deal with pressure sores in time. To prevent pulmonary complications, turn over regularly, inhale sputum and inhale antibiotics in respiratory tract. In case of dyspnea or expectoration, tracheotomy should be performed as early as possible to keep the respiratory tract unobstructed, facilitate the use of artificial ventilator to assist chest expansion and prevent atelectasis.