Diseases of the spinal cord
Basically, it has to be said that the pattern of failures that occurs depends on where exactly in the spinal cord there is damage. Even without imaging diagnostics such as CT (computed tomography) or MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), the clinical image can provide very useful information in this regard based on the individual areas of care in the individual segments.
- Developmental disorders of the spinal cord: spina bifida (“open back”) syringomyelia
- Spina bifida (“open back”)
- Syringomyelia
- Injuries: Paraplegic syndrome whiplash injury
- Cross-section syndrome
- Whiplash
- Slipped disc
- Spinal canal stenosis
- Spinalis-anterior syndrome (occlusion of the anterior spinal artery)
- Tumors in the spinal cord
- Poliomyelitis (polio)
- Spina bifida (“open back”)
- Syringomyelia
- Paraplegic syndrome
- Whiplash
A herniated disc causes the gelatinous mass of the disc to leak out.
This gelatinous mass can protrude into the spinal canal and press the spinal cord. If the pressure becomes too great, pain, sensory disturbances, paralysis and complete loss of function can result. In a whiplash injury of the cervical spine, sudden and unexpected violent impacts on the head often cause damage to the cervical spine and the surrounding muscles. Through “whiplashing the head” the cervical muscles try to intercept the head, but are overstrained with the forces due to the violent impact.
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