| Cord Injury
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| | transportation, falls, and firearms.
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| A spinal cord injury is damage to the
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| | The Foundation for Spinal Cord Injury
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| spinal cord. The spinal cord is a soft
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| | Prevention, Care & Cure (FSCIPCC) is a
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| bundle of nerves that extends from the
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| | non-profit educational group dedicated to
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| base of the brain to the lower back. It
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| | the prevention, care and cure of spinal
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| runs through the spinal canal, a tunnel
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| | cord injuries through public awareness,
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| formed by holes in the bones of the
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| | education and funding research. Founded
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| spine. The bony spine helps protect the
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| | by its current Chairman Ronald R.
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| spinal cord. See pictures of the spine
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| | How does spinal cord injury pain develop?
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| and the spinal cord.
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| | The spinal cord and brain together
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| Spinal cord injuries usually begin with a
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| | comprise the Central Nervous System
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| blow that fractures or dislocates your
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| | (CNS). The spinal cord is responsible for
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| vertebrae, the bone disks that make up
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| | the body's movement and sensation. Once
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| your spine. Most injuries don't sever
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| | injured, it does not repair itself. The
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| your spinal cord. Instead, they cause
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| | master link between our brains and our
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| damage when pieces of vertebrae tear into
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| | bodies, the spinal cord contains millions
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| cord tissue or press down on the nerve
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| | of individual nerve fibers in a highly
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| parts that carry signals.
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| | organized weave. Nerve cells direct
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| Symptoms and Causes
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| | impulses from the brain to specific
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| Any trauma that pulls, compresses, pushes
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| | muscles in the body.
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| sideways or cuts your spinal cord may
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| | Is there any treatment?
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| cause SCI. Penetration of a foreign
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| | Improved emergency care for people with
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| object, such as bone or metal, into the
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| | spinal cord injuries and aggressive
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| spinal cord can cause serious damage, as
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| | treatment and rehabilitation can minimize
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| can pressure from bleeding, swelling and
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| | damage to the nervous system and even
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| fluid accumulation.
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| | restore limited abilities. Respiratory
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| A complete spinal cord injury is defined
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| | complications are often an indication of
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| by total or near-total loss of motor
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| | the severity of spinal cord injury
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| function and sensation below the area of
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| | About one-third of those with injury to
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| injury. However, even in a complete
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| | the neck area will need help with
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| injury, the spinal cord is almost never
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| | breathing and require respiratory
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| completely cut in half. Doctors use the
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| | support.
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| term "complete" to describe a large
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| | Emergency actions
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| amount of damage to the spinal cord.
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| | Urgent medical attention is critical to
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| Weakness, poor coordination or paralysis,
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| | minimizing the long-term effects of any
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| particularly below the level of the
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| | head or neck trauma. So treatment for a
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| injury
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| | spinal cord injury often begins at the
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| Loss of bowel or bladder control
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| | scene of the accident.
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| Prevention Strategies
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| | More than Physical Therapy
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| Implementing programs that reduce or
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| | Besides a loss of sensation or motor
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| eliminate behavioral and environmental
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| | functioning, individuals with SCI also
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| risk factors, and provide behavioral and
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| | experience other changes. For example,
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| environmental protective factors.
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| | they may have bowel and/or bladder
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| Continuing to support collaborative
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| | dysfunction. Sexual functioning is
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| prevention efforts in areas such as
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| | frequently disrupted or lost with SCI..
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