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Monday, May 3, 2010

Location of Spinal Cord Damage – Types and Severity of Symptoms

The location of a Spinal Cord Injury determines the type and severity of the symptoms. Each of the spinal cord segments serve defined motor and sensory regions and symptoms vary depending on the location of the injury. Spinal cord injury causes sensory and motor function loss below the point of the injury. Listed below are the type of spinal cord injuries and their associated common symptoms / paralysis. Spinal cord injuries can cause both paraplegia and quadriplegia.

Cervical Injuries (near the neck) - Spinal cord injuries near the neck can impact both the arms and legs and result in the following symptoms:

  • Breathing difficulties (paralysis of breathing muscles)
  • Loss of bowel and bladder control
  • Spasticity
  • Pain
  • Weakness and paralysis
  • Numbness
Thoracic Injuries (chest level) – Injuries at the chest level can affect the legs and cause:
  • Breathing difficulties (paralysis of breathing muscles)
  • Loss of bowel and bladder control
  • Numbness
  • Spasticity
  • Weakness and paralysis
  • Pain
Cervical and high-thoracic injures can also cause trouble in maintaining normal body temperature and blood pressure.

Lumbar Sacral Injuries (lower back) – Lower back injuries can cause varying degrees of symptoms affecting the legs and cause the following symptoms:
  • Numbness
  • Pain
  • Weakness and paralysis
  • Spasticity
  • Loss of bowel and bladder control
Information about the location of the injury and the symptoms is helpful as you seek to understand the injury that you or a family member has sustained. There is a lot more information than is listed here including that about the rights of someone who has suffered a spinal cord injury. For help in navigating all of the information you need to know in the Indianapolis area contact an Indiana spinal cord attorney at Truitt Law Offices.

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