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Unlike a back injury such as a ruptured disk, spinal stenosis or pinched nerves, a Spinal Cord injury can cause a loss of function to other parts of the body. Spinal cord damage can cause the loss of mobility, feelings and the ability to get around on ones own.
Los Angeles spinal cord injury attorneys will tell you that the severing of the spinal cord does not have to happen for this loss of functioning to occur. In a lot of people, the spinal cord is still intact but they still lose their mobility. However, people can experience a broken back and still not suffer spinal cord injury. In these cases only the vertebrae around the spinal cord are damaged and not the spinal cord itself. Once these injuries are stabilized no paralysis will experienced by the injured person.
In the case of a spinal cord injury, the damage that is done causes damage to the white matter, also known as fiber tracts that carry motor signals and sensations to the brain and back. If there is damage to the gray matter that is in the middle of the spinal cord, a loss of feelings and mobility occurs.
Things that can cause spinal cord damage are car accidents, falls, gunshot wounds, war injuries etc. Tumors, blood clots, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis and other diseases may cause spinal cord damage also. Most serious car accidents involve spinal cord injuries and will typically require the assistance of a motor vehicle accident attorney who deals with doctors and health care providers.
Once you have been in a car accident, or motorcycle accident, the first thing you need to do after the hospital is get an experienced legal counselor.
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