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Quadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, is described as a symptom in which a human experiences paralysis of all four limbs, although not necessarily total paralysis. It is caused by damage to the brain or to the spinal cord at a high level. The injury causes the victim to lose total or partial use of the arms and legs. There are about 5000 cervical spinal cord injuries per year in the United States and about 1000 per year in the UK.
When quadriplegia occurs, it is characterized by a decrease in the normal level of tension that exists in muscles of the arms and legs. There is also a loss of power and sensation below the area of the spinal cord injury. Many people with quadriplegia experience breathing failure because voluntary control over the muscles and organs that are necessary to breathe is dramatically impaired. To help people with quadriplegia breathe properly, they may need a machine known as a respirator that artificially breathes for them.
Furthermore, some people with quadriplegia develop heart complications when the spinal cord is injured above the level of the 5th cervical vertebrae (located in the neck). The reason for this is because the spinal cord injury causes connections to become interrupted between the spinal cord and the sympathetic nervous system.
In addition, a life threatening condition known as autonomic dysreflexia can be caused by interruptions between the connections of the spine to both the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. In autonomic dysreflexia, the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems (which generally work in opposition to each other) are activated at the same time, and this causes all sorts of serious problems.
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems make up the autonomic nervous system. Interrupted connections between the spinal cord and the autonomic nervous system can lead to other difficulties such as low body temperature and loss of bowel and bladder control.
Causes of spinal cord injuries that result in quadriplegia include a motor vehicle or motorcycle accident, gunshot wounds and falls.
If you or a loved is a quadriplegic injury victim of an accident because of a wrong or negligence of another party, contact Mesriani Law offices today to get the services of top-caliber Quadriplegia Lawyers. The Mesriani Law Quadriplegia Lawyers have not only legal know-how as to general court litigation but are also versed in the medical implications and factors of
Quadriplegia, matters which are pivotal to a litigation success.
Yet, be reminded that it may be that you have able Quadriplegia Lawyers fighting for your cause, but if you do not act within a specified period of time, pursuant to statutes limitations, your case may be barred from being instituted.
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