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spinal shock
spanl k noun a loss of feeling in the lower part of the body below a point at which the spine has been ...
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Spinal shock with flaccidity below the level of injury occurs initially. Usually, there is patchy retention of sensation or movement below the lesion. Spasticity develops within days or weeks.
In a patient with metastatic carcinoma or lymphoma who suddenly experiences complete transverse myelitis with spinal shock, functional improvement is unlikely, even with treatment, and his outlook is ominous.
Initially after a spinal cord injury, the patient may experience spinal shock, which causes loss or decrease in feeling, muscle movement, and reflexes. As swelling subsides, other symptoms may appear depending on the location of the injury.
Initially, the child may experience spinal shock, which causes loss of feeling, muscle movement, and reflexes. As swelling subsides, other symptoms appear depending on the location of the injury.
At first, the patient may experience spinal shock, which causes loss of feeling, muscle movement, and reflexes below the level of injury. Spinal shock usually lasts from several hours to several weeks.
Cervical spine fractures may be complicated by spinal shock, neurogenic shock, complete and incomplete cord syndromes, Brown-Sequard syndrome, and Horner syndrome.
 See also: Shock, Plegia, Symptom, Death, Paraplegia
  
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