Question

Complications of Spinal Cord Injury

Prognosis of Spinal Cord Injury (early middle end stage)

Spinal Cord Injury Impact on occupational performance (3)

Spinal Cord Injury Impact on client factors (3)

Answer 1

a)COMPLICATIONS OF SPINAL CORD INJURY. _ IT CAN BE DEVIDED INTO - LOCAL AND SYSTEMIC. * LOCAL COMPLICATIONS. _ SYRINGOMYELIA- IT IS RELATED COMPLICATION.FROM A FLUID FILLED CYST CALLED SYRINX OCCURS WITHIN SPIBAL CORD.THE CYST GROWS TO BIG SIZE LEADS TO SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION AND MYELOPATHY. _ CHARCOT JOINTS ARTHROPATHY- IT IS DELAYED COMPLICATION AND OCCURS FROM THE SLOW DESTRUCTION OF JOINTS. _ SPASTICITY- IT IS A DISORDER BY LONG TERM MUSCLE CONTRACTION LEADS TO STIFFNESS OR RIGID MUSCLE. * SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS. _ CARDIOVASCULAR- DUE TO INJURY OF THORACIC OR CERVICAL SPINAL CORD LEADS TO ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, BRADYCARDIA,. AND TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. _ RESPIRATORY SYSTEM_ CERVICAL AND THORACIC SPINAL CORD INJURIES LEADS TO REDUCED STRENGTH OF ABDOMINAL AND CHEST MUSCLES IT CAN CAUSE OF PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS,AND COMMON COLD SOMETIMES RESPIRATORY FAILURE OCCURS. _ BLADDER PROBLEMS- DYSFUNCTION OF BLADDER MUSCLES LEADS TO INCONTINENCE OF URINE AND UTI. _ BOWEL PROBLEMS- CONSTIPATION, INFECTIONS. _ PRESSURE ULCERS- PROLONGED REST DUE TO SPINAL CORD INJURIES. _ NEUROPATHIC PAIN. _ AUTONOMIC DYSREFLEXIA- FROM THE DYSFUNCTION OF AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM BELOW THE LEVEL OF INJURY. b) PROGNOSIS OF SPINAL CORD INJURIES. _ EARLY SURGICAL RECOMPRESSION DONE FOR BETTER RECOVERY. _ PHYSIOTHERAPY AND REHABILITATION AFTER SURGERY IMPROVES THE RECOVERY STAGE. _ CARE GIVING DURING THE FIRST 48 HOURS AFTER INJURY IS MORE ESSENTIAL FOR BETTER RECOVERY. _ COMPLETE SPINAL CORD INJURIES HAVE POOR PROGNOSIS. c) INDIVIDUALS WITH PARAPLEGIA AND TETRAPLEGIA HAVE DECREASED PHYSICAL CAPACITIES AND FACE MANY PROBLEMS LIKE PAIN AND FATIGUE. _ ACUTE SPINAL CORD INJURIES AFFECTED THE PATIENTS OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE. _ PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS ASSOCIATED WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY LEADS TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION WHICH MAY AFFECT THE OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE. d) IMPACT ON CLIENTS FACTORS. INDIVIDUAL WITH PARAPLEGIA AND TETRAPLEGIA HAS REDUCED PHYSICAL CAPACITIES AND FACE MANY PROBLEMS LIKE PAIN, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, FATIGUE AND DECREASED OCCUPATIONAL PERFORMANCE THESE ARE ALSO AFFECTED ENTIRE LIFE OF THE CLIENT.