Symptoms of Spinal cord injury

Symptoms of Spinal cord injury

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Spinal cord injury includes the 12 symptoms listed below:

• Paralysis
• Loss of sensation
• Loss of reflex function
• Loss of autonomic activity
• Breathing difficulty
• Loss of bowel control
• Loss of bladder control
• Pain
• Sensitivity to stimuli
• Muscle spasms
• Sexual dysfunction
• Loss of function, such as mobility or sensation
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Spinal cord injury:

• Overview -- Spinal cord injury
• Diagnostic Tests for Spinal cord injury
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Spinal cord injury
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Spinal cord injury
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Spinal cord injury: Symptom Checkers

Review the available symptom checkers for these symptoms of Spinal cord injury:

• Breathing difficulty -- Symptom Checker
• Loss of bowel control -- Symptom Checker
• Loss of bladder control -- Symptom Checker
• Pain -- Symptom Checker
• Muscle spasms -- Symptom Checker
• Sexual dysfunction -- Symptom Checker

Spinal cord injury: Symptom Assessment Questionnaires

Review the available Assessment Questionnaires for the symptoms of Spinal cord injury:

• Breathing difficulty -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Loss of bowel control -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Pain -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Muscle spasms -- Assessment Questionnaire

Spinal cord injury: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Spinal cord injury:

• Bladder infections
• Lung infections
• Bed sores
• Respiratory complications
• more complications...»

Research More About Spinal cord injury

Do I have Spinal cord injury?

• Spinal cord injury: Introduction
• Spinal cord injury: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Spinal cord injury
• Hidden Causes of Spinal cord injury
• How serious is it?
• Treatments for Spinal cord injury
• More about Spinal cord injury

Spinal cord injury: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Nerve Disorders: serious diseases commonly undiagnosed:
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  • Peripheral Neuropathy -- Undiagnosed
  • Multiple Sclerosis -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• Chronic Pain Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Fibromyalgia -- Undiagnosed
  • Arthritis -- Undiagnosed
  • Chronic Pain Syndromes -- Undiagnosed
  • Migraine -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Spinal cord injury:

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Spinal cord injury?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Spinal cord injury includes:

• Impotence
• Respiratory failure
• more diagnoses...»

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Spinal cord injury: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Spinal Specialists:
  • Spinal Cord Injury Medicine
• Nerve Specialists:
  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
  • Neurology (Brain/CNS Specialists)
  • Pediatric Neurology (Child Brain Specialist)
• Pain Specialists:
  • Pain Medicine
  • Rheumatology (Arthritis / Joint Pain)
• Arthritis & Joint Health Specialists (Rheumatology):
  • Rheumatology (Joint Health)
  • Pediatric Rheumatology (Child Joint Health)
• more specialists...»

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More about symptoms of Spinal cord injury:

More information about symptoms of Spinal cord injury and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Spinal cord injury
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Spinal cord injury
• Underlying causes of Spinal cord injury
• Risk factors for Spinal cord injury

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Breathing difficulty - see all causes of Breathing difficulties
• Loss of autonomic activity - see all causes of Autonomic nerve symptoms
• Loss of bladder control - see all causes of Urinary incontinence
• Loss of bowel control - see all causes of Bowel incontinence
• Loss of reflex function - see all causes of Reflex symptoms
• Loss of sensation - see all causes of Numbness
• Muscle spasms - see all causes of Muscle spasms
• Pain - see all causes of Pain
• Paralysis - see all causes of Paralysis
• Sensitivity to stimuli - see all causes of Hypersensitive
• Sexual dysfunction - see all causes of Sexual dysfunction

Article Excerpts About Symptoms of Spinal cord injury:

Severe SCI often causes paralysis (loss of control over voluntary movement and muscles of the body) and loss of sensation and reflex function below the point of injury, including autonomic activity such as breathing and other activities such as bowel and bladder control. Other symptoms such as pain or sensitivity to stimuli, muscle spasms, and sexual dysfunction may develop over time. SCI patients are also prone to develop secondary medical problems, such as bladder infections, lung infections, and bed sores. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Spinal Cord Injury Information Page: NINDS)

Spinal cord injury as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Spinal cord injury as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Spinal cord injury.

Spinal cord injury: Onset and Incubation

Onset of Spinal cord injury: sudden in onset

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Spinal cord injury
• How serious is Spinal cord injury?
• More about Spinal cord injury
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

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About signs and symptoms of Spinal cord injury:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Spinal cord injury. This signs and symptoms information for Spinal cord injury has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Spinal cord injury signs or Spinal cord injury symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Spinal cord injury may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Spinal cord injury symptoms.

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