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What is a traumatic injury to the neck and spinal cord can result in?
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A spinal cord injury can result in a loss of sensation and/or loss of function below the area of spinal cord injury.
The degree to which the body is affected, will depend how high up the spinal cord the injury occurs. If the injury is in the neck, cervical region, then the arms will also be affected, resulting in Quadriplegia.
More information on the different types of spinal cord injury can be found here: http://www.apparelyzed.com/paralysis.html
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe answer to this is going to be vague. The injury is going to be dependant upon the location of the injury as to which part of the body that is going to be effected as well as the severity of the said injury.
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∙ 14y agoDepending on the type of spinal cord injury, the result can be a total loss and movement below the level of injury, loss of movement with preserved sensation, or visa versa.
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∙ 14y agoSpinal chord injury could be as fatal as leaving you paralyzed.
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∙ 12y agoA traumatic injury to the spinal cord in the neck region can lead to paralysis called Quadriplegia.
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∙ 11y agoA person could become paralyzed.
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What can happen to a person with spinal cord injury?
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