INFORMATION ON SPINAL CORD INFRACTION

Spinal cord infarction may be defined as injury to the spinal cord due to oxygen loss.

Spinal cord infarction results when any one of the three major arteries which supply blood to the spinal cord is blocked. Due to this blockage, the spinal cord is deprived of oxygen, resulting in injury and degradation of vulnerable nerve fibers.

CAUSES OF SPINAL CORD INFRACTION

The various factors which leads to the development of spinal cord infraction are:-

1. Damage during surgical procedure.
2. Tumor or abscess development.
3. Diabetes.
4. Low blood pressure.
5. Blood clotting.
6. Pregnancy.
7. Back injury.
8. Exercise.

SYMPTOMS OF SPINAL CORD INFRACTION

Symptoms can include:-

1. Pain.
2. Floppy muscles that become tightly contracted.
3. Initial loss of reflexes.
4. Loss of the sense of pain.
5. Loss of the sense of temperature.
6. Loss of bladder control.
7. Loss of bowel control.

DIAGNOSIS OF SPINAL CORD INFRACTION

Clinically spinal cord infraction can be diagnosed by:-

1. Physical examination of subject.
2. Ultrasound.
3. MRI.
4. X-ray.

TREATMENT OF SPINAL CORD INFRACTION

Once a person suffered from spinal cord infarction, there are no possible treatments available that reverses the damage. A subject gets some relief as soon as the acute inflammation decreases.