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Lesión de columna - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Lesión de cuello o lesión cervical

Síntomas:

Los síntomas de una lesión de la médula espinal pueden abarcar:

Cabeza que está en una posición inusual.
Entumecimiento u hormigueo que se propaga brazo o pierna abajo.
Debilidad.
Dificultad para caminar.
Parálisis (pérdida del movimiento) de brazos y piernas.
Pérdida del control de esfínteres.
Shock (piel fría y húmeda, uñas y labios azulados, apariencia aturdida o semiinconsciente).
Pérdida de la lucidez mental (pérdida del conocimiento).
Rigidez o dolor en el cuello, dolor de cabeza.

Columna vertebral

Vértebra cervical del cuello

Vértebras lumbares (parte baja de la espalda)

Vértebras torácicas (parte media de la espalda)

Columna vertebral

Sistema nervioso central

Lesión a la médula espinal

Anatomía de la columna vertebral

Voltear a una persona entre dos - serie

Reviewed last on: 5/2/2011
Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine; Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Hockberger RS, Kaji AH, Newton E. Spinal injuries. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, et al, eds. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 40.

Torg JS. Cervical Spine Injuries: 1. Cervical Spine Injuries in the Adult. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 16, section A.

Pizzutillo PD, Herman MJ. Cervical Spine Injuries: 2. Cervical Spine Injuries in the Child. In: DeLee JC, Drez D Jr, Miller MD, eds. DeLee and Drez’s Orthopaedic Sports Medicine. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2009:chap 16, section A.

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