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The autonomic dysfunction (including the super-horrible autonomic dysreflexia events) would still occur in higher level spinal cord injuries, including in peopl
by disabled 7y ago
The autonomic dysfunction (including the super-horrible autonomic dysreflexia events) would still occur in higher level spinal cord injuries, including in people with higher level paraplegia and more commonly in quadraplegia, in the case of nerve transfer. It is not as good as it sounds, as autonomic dysreflexia occurs in up to 90% of people with injures above T6, to varying degrees. The autonomic ganglia (which runs adjacent to the spinal cord, and consists of a different type of nerve) controls this, not the spinal cord. You simply cannot do a nerve transfer for the autonomic nervous system without just about dying. By the way, trust me, autonomic dysreflexia is actually one of the worst feelings in the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_dysreflexia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomic_dysreflexia
- TaupeRanger 7y agoThanks for adding this perspective.
- disabled 7y agoYou're welcome. I appreciate it.
- joncrane 7y agoIs this the phenomenon that paralyzed athletes exploit to increase performance?
- serf 7y agoYes. I had a friend who broke his toes repeatedly to do so before track events. I had another friend in physical rehab that used to purposely sit on his own testicles to trigger an AD fit for the same purpose. It's a pretty terrible feeling, but I guess if there is a strong enough desire to win you can put yourself through whatever you need to. I've gone through a lot of shit medically, but AD and the accompanying loss of blood pressure and uptick in heart-rate is one of the closest to "feeling like i'm going to die" i've ever been.
- disabled 7y agoAgreed. Same here.