Q. What is the primary cause of paralysis and quadriplegia?

A. Most paralysis not caused by a stoke is caused by a spinal cord injury. Almost all quadriplegic cases are the result of a spinal cord injury. Some are caused by strokes, bleeds in the brain or other catastrophic spinal cord and brain injury. Brain injuries may be caused by oxygen deprivation, which can lead to paralysis or quadriplegia.

Q. What is a spinal cord injury (SCI)?

A. The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves that conduct information from the brain to the rest of the body, and from the body back to the brain. Some nerves are related to sensation and/or motor function, maintaining involuntary bodily functions such as breathing. This bundle of nerves is encased in the bony spinal column. If the spine is broken, the spinal cord suffers a traumatic injury which can result in loss of function and feeling.

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