What are the symptoms of spinal cord injury?

Question

a network of nerves in the shoulder that carries movement and sensory signals from the spinal cord to the arms and hands

Answer 1

Let’s break this down by injury type.

1. Complete. If all feeling (sensory) and all ability to control movement (motor function) are lost below the spinal cord injury, your injury is called complete.
2. Incomplete. If you have some motor or sensory function below the affected area, your injury is called incomplete.

Symptoms:

1. Loss of or altered sensation (such as losing the ability to feel heat, cold and touch)
2. Loss of bowel or bladder control
3. Exaggerated reflex activities or spasms
4. Changes in sexual function, sexual sensitivity and fertility
5. Pain or an intense stinging sensation caused by nerve damage
6. Difficulty breathing
7. Extreme back pain or pressure
8. Weakness, incoordination or paralysis in any part of your body
9. Numbness, tingling or loss of sensation in your hands, fingers, feet or toes

Please keep in mind not all spinal injuries do not have immediate symptoms. Numbness or tingling can be gradual or immediate.