Can you die from a damaged spinal cord?
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yes but only if it is severe enough and it also depends where the damage is you might get lucky and only be paralyzed but the good news is that there working on a new program where there are taking nerves from the legs and putting them into the spinal cord helping some parilyzed victoms regain some movement
Yes
Of course.
If the damage is at a high enough level where there is not enough function of the nerves to control the diaphragm, the person will not survive unless they are on a ventilator. The diaphragm is controlled as low as C-5, so injuries above this level have a higher risk of this condition
yes
Yes, it can cut off the signals from your brain to your vital organs. That is the injury that happened to Christopher Reeves. Luckily people were there to get him immediate medical attention. So he was able to live on machines until he finally passed due to infected bed sores. So, if you did not receive medical attention soon enough, death is definitely an outcome of spinal cord injury(if that severe).
You had better hope so. You don't want someone changing your diapers
Absolutely. If you have a high level transection like Christoper Reeves, you used to automatically die because you damaged the phrenic nerve and your lungs didn't work any more. Someone was there with a respirator and kept him alive.
Some people die from the side effects - blisters and infections.
It depends on the lesion the higher the segment of the lesion the higher the chances of no survival.
Yep. If the damage is high enough it can affect your ability to breathe.
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