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Q: What is it called when you are paralyzed below the neck?
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What happens when you fall on your neck?

you could break your neck, become paralyzed, and/or die.


What happens if the spinal cord is cut?

the neck will be paralyzed


What are people who are paralyzed from the neck down are?

Those that have had Thunder shock used on them.


When was chrisopher reeve paralyzed?

When his neck hit the ground when he fell off his horse.


What actor fell off a horse and was paralyzed from his neck down?

Christopher Reeve


What is the name for who is paralyzed from the waist down opposed to being poralyed from the neck down?

wow


Do pepole who are paralized feel pain?

I was told they do; they are not in a coma. I used to do 'in home health care' and I've helped many paralyzed persons. Several persons, paralyzed from the waist down, have told me that their backs hurt if you don't place their legs properly. One young man was shot in the spine below the neck, so he was paralyzed from the neck down and he asked me to periodically lean him forward so that he could scratch his nose and face. You never think out things like that until you are unable to scratch your own nose.


Did Peg have a good childhood?

No Peg did not have a good childhood because she had gotten Polio and she was paralyzed from the neck down


What is another name for turtleneck that only covers the neck and a few inches below that?

The mock turtle neck that is worn as an undershirt and only has a bib that covers a few inches below is called a dickie


What was Christopher Reeves disability?

Christopher Reeve fell off a horse and sustained a cervical spinal injury that paralyzed him from the neck down. Some 9 years later, Reeve died from cardiac arrest believed to have resulted from an adverse reaction to an antibiotic.


Who is Katie Samson?

She was a freshman lacrosse goal tender who became paralyzed from the neck down in a sledding accident in 2000.


Waist down paralysis?

A person who has paralysis from the waist down is known as a paraplegic. This means both of their legs are paralyzed. A quadriplegic is paralyzed from the neck down and has lost the use of both arms and both legs.