What happens if you break your your spinal cord?

Answer 1

Every person is different in how they react to a spinal cord injury. People who have new spinal cord injuries often have feelings of grief, almost like the emotions that you would feel if a loved one passed away. Some common feelings that can be a part of grief are: * Denial or having a hard time believing that the injury has happened. You may think that the injury will go away, even if you are unable to move. * Extreme sadness over what has happened. Sadness is different from depression, which is a health condition that you can get help for. * Anger towards the people around you and even feelings of anger toward yourself. * Hope that if you accept things as they are and work hard in physical therapy, you will recover from your injury someday. It is okay to hope for a cure for paralysis, but it is really important to focus on living your life with your injury. * Acceptanceof your injury as your grieving comes to an end - saying 'okay, I have this injury' and thinking about new goals for your future. Adjustment is also a big part of dealing with a spinal cord injury or other major accident. Adjustment means getting used to something new and also making changes to better handle something new. Right after you are injured, there is a period of adjustment that is different for everyone. For some people, it could take a year to accept what has happened. Some may not realize how serious their injury is right away. For teens, it can be especially hard to cope, because just being a teen can be tough. Always remember that it is normal to be angry, but it is important that your anger doesn't stop you from taking care of yourself. Make sure to do what the doctor tells you to do and try to focus on your therapy. It will be easier to adjust to your injury if you set personal goals for yourself, such as working hard in each therapy session to gain strength or getting back into a club at school. You will have to adjust to new experiences throughout your life with this injury. As tough as it can be, dealing with the different challenges that come your way will make you strong - and will really make you shine! Had you hoped to be a doctor someday before your injury? Or hoped to have a family? Well, your long-term goals don't have to change at all! Talk to your parents/guardians, health care team, and teachers about what you need to feel more comfortable at school so that you can do well. And, most importantly, make sure that you follow advice from your health care team about taking care of your health on a daily basis.

Answer 2

Damage to the spinal cord can cause permanent paralysis. The paralysis will result in paraplegia or tetraplegia, unless the injury is an incomplete injury, which will result in one of a number of spinal cord injury syndromes. Incomplete injuries, and injuries with mild swelling of the spinal cord can have a good prognosis, with likely hood of return of function.

Answer 3

There is a very high chance that you can die or become paralyzed, because you need your spinal cord for much of your movements. It sends messages to the brain on what actions that you are going to do. So with it broken, you could very well get paralysis (become paralyzed) throughout your entire body. You would need immediate medical attention, and if you were to live you'd undergo surgeries to reassemble your spine. If you live, and are not paralyzed, you would still need many weeks or even months to recover and to begin walking again. A common disability formed when the spinal cord is fractured is you lose the ability to walk, because your spinal cord will not be able to complete the nervous system messages and send them to your brain stem and into your cerebrum.

Answer 4

The spinal cord is the communication channel for all message going to and from the brain, to parts of the body below the neck. Therefore, injuries to the spinal cord produce paralysis and lack of sensation for locations farther from the brain than the injury.

Answer 5

it could prevent parts of your body to stop moving

Answer 6

If your spinal cord is damaged, you could be paralyzed.
you may need to get surgery

Answer 7

Paralyzation.