Neck injuries may turn out to be more severe than they appear at first blush. They have the potential to develop into permanent paralysis.<\/p>\n
Statistically speaking, spinal cord injuries seriously disable over eleven thousand people yearly in the US. Many times the initial injury progresses to permanent paralysis. \u201cIt appears from the numbers that those between the ages of 16 to 30 are in the high risk category to suffer this type of an injury, with the highest number of victims being male,\u201d recounted Daren Monroe, Litigation Funding Corporation, Southfield, Michigan.<\/p>\n
If the lower part of the body is paralyzed, the term used in medical diagnosis is paraplegia. There are other progressive degrees of injury that may disable the whole body, including legs and arms.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuadriplegia, also known as tetraplegia, happens when a spinal cord injury is above the first thoracic vertebra. Paralysis in a case like this usually affects all four limbs. Abdominal (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Neck injuries may turn out to be more severe than they appear at first blush. They have the potential to develop into permanent paralysis. Statistically speaking, spinal cord injuries seriously disable over eleven thousand people yearly in the US. Many…<\/span><\/p>\n