A thorough pain evaluation will lead, in the case of pain, to initiation of treatment to relieve the injury to neurologic tissue before irreversible damage occurs. Advanced practice nurses also ...

[2] Spinal cord compression constitutes a true emergency because the initial injury to the spinal cord will lead to permanent loss of neurologic function if the pressure of the tumor on the cord ...

A brief application of the hydrophilic polymer polyethylene glycol (PEG) swiftly repairs nerve membrane damage associated with severe spinal cord injury in adult guinea pigs. A two-minute application ...

Cervical myelopathy is a condition that happens when the spinal cord in the neck is compressed or squeezed. There are many things that can cause this, but one of the most common is cervical ...

2 The difference between DCM and other sports-related spinal cord injuries is that DCM results from spinal cord compression due to gradual degenerative changes ... be associated with increased rates ...

A fundraiser has now been set up by Anna Godfrey to help Lucas with medical costs, therapy and other expenses which may be ...

Also known as radicular back pain, this condition is typically caused by compression, inflammation, or injury ... of the spinal canal. This can put pressure on your spinal cord and nerve roots.

Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, DO Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused ...