What are the early symptoms of spinal cord disease

Some friends don’t know much about spinal cord disease. Spinal cord disease is actually damage to the nerves inside the spinal cord, which leads to different degrees of impact. Some severe patients may even suffer from paralysis. The symptoms of spinal cord disease in the early stages are also quite obvious.

Spinal cord disease is damage to the nerves inside the spinal cord due to various reasons, which may lead to serious consequences such as paralysis of the patient. Congenital developmental abnormalities: Because this disease is often complicated by other congenital abnormalities such as basilar indentation, cerebellar tonsillar herniation, spina bifida, scoliosis, etc., and often has a tendency to occur in families, it is believed that this disease is related to genetic factors. There is no unified understanding of abnormal cerebrospinal fluid dynamics and its pathogenesis. In clinical work, congenital malformations of the craniocervical junction combined with spinal cord lesions (cerebellar tonsillar herniation malformation is the most common) are common, mostly in the cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord. It is generally believed that cerebellar tonsillar herniation causes poor circulation of cerebrospinal fluid in this area, leading to spinal cord damage.

1. Movement disorder: lower motor neuron paralysis. When the cavities in the cervical and thoracic segments of the spinal cord spread to the anterior horn, weakness, atrophy and fasciculation of the thenar muscles, interosseous muscles and forearm muscles of the hand will occur. People with severe atrophy of the hand muscles may have "eagle claw" hands. As the disease progresses, it may gradually spread to the upper arm, shoulder girdle and part of the intercostal muscles, causing paralysis. Syringes in the lumbar region manifest as atrophy of the lower limbs and feet. Upper motor neurone paralysis. When spinal cord lesions compress the pyramidal tract, signs of upper motor neuron paralysis may appear on one or both sides below the level of damage.

2. Neurological dysfunction: often obvious, due to spinal cord lesions affecting the lateral angle, common upper limb nutritional disorders, skin thickening, burn scars or stubborn ulcers, cyanosis and coldness, hyperhidrosis or hypohidrosis. The bones in the joints atrophy, decalcify, and are worn out, but there is no pain.