This time we will talk about something that most of the world is probably quite afraid of., but that historically the people who have suffered it have shown that it has made them special and different, getting the best out of them in such a complicated moment; paraplegia is not a disease, but in the vast majority of cases it is an injury and in some cases the end triggered by a hernia, a tumor or some other disease in the spine.
Generally this happens to people who were in a car accident or in something really catastrophic sports accident, in which the spine was broken in the opposite of the cases is when a tumor has grown too much and has caused irreversible damage in said place.
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Symptoms or signs of paraplegia
There are many occasions in which, after the accident, the sensitivity of the lower limbs is automatically lost and this is one of the main symptoms., but when the injury has not been strong enough to do that and the cord is only swollen or bruised, you will probably only feel great weakness in your arms or legs and little feeling that, the longer you stay in that condition, less likely to improve there, because when it is an inflammation it improves, although faster, it's constant.
Another symptom may be a lack of ability to control your large intestine or to control your bladder as well..
Unfortunately, the rest of the symptoms are not exactly symptoms but rather consequences of the injury., and it is that being relatively immobilized, you can have low blood pressure, your heart rate may slow down and you may even have trouble breathing.
Quadraplejia or quadriplegia
Quadriplegia goes beyond the previous picture, although it also occurs due to spinal cord injuries, it is specifically when there have been injuries in the Jurassic vertebrae or above them and in this case the lack of sensitivity also covers the upper limbs and even the chest muscles, why people in that condition need a ventilator to stay alive, because they can't breathe on their own.
This injury automatically triggers the same reactions as paraplegia., having total muscle weakness, losing feeling basically all over your body and having a lot more trouble breathing; undoubtedly blood pressure and pulse are also affected and the patient's ability to control the patient's bowel and bladder no longer exists.
Multiple sclerosis can end up triggering tetraplegia, but it was not as such from the beginning an injury, although at some point you can leave 100% immobilized the patient; two world famous characters who are in a similar condition, one due to sclerosis and the other due to tetraplegia, They are Steven Hopkins and Jason Becker respectively., one a renowned scientist and the other one of the most brilliant musical minds in the world.