Question

When the spinal cord is injured some bodily functions such as breathing and toilet control may be impaired. Many of these injuries occur as a result of high risk behaviors.how do you think these individuals cope with such injuries? How can decrease the number of these types of injuries.considering structure and function, has modern activity outdistanced the structural protection for our nervous system that was provided by nature?

Answer 1

Answer:- Spinal cord is a tubelike structure made up of nerves that carries messages from the brain to different parts of the body and regulate bodily functions Spinal cord injuries occurs as a result of high risk behaviours such as fast driving prone to accident, sports related carelessness or act of violence may cause damage to the vertebrae, ligaments or disks of the spinal column or to the spinal cord itself. Due to Spinal cord injuries, some bodily functions such as breathing and toilet control may be impaired.

Individuals with spinal cord injuries usually be admitted to the intensive care unit for treatment for Immobilization or stabilisation , where they may get traction to stabilize your spine, to bring the spine into proper alignment or both , if needed.

Often early surgery is necessary to remove fragments of bones, affected disks or fractured vertebrae that appear to be compressing the spine to stabilize the spine to prevent future pain or deformity. Aggressive physical therapy and rehabilitation after surgery also maximizes recovery.

Besides these treatments, individuals can also cope with such injuries by maintaining a positive outlook as it is extremely important . Nurse help is also needed in some cases. The use of machinery devices such as automatic wheel chair allows such individuals with even severe spinal cord injuries to socialise and empower them self.

Spinal cord injuries , thus leads to various traumatic conditions caused by unpredictable events. Thus to decrease the number of these types of injuries we must adopt following risk-reducing measures :

   •   Drive safely: always wearing a seatbelt while in a car .

   •   safe sports activities: wear proper protective gear while playing sports.

   •   Don’t get engage in act of violence.

•   Safe swimming measures: make sure you don't dive into shallow water.

Yes, modern activity has outdistanced the structural protection for our nervous system that was provided by nature. As nowadays we are prone to stress, other kind of disorders that outdistanced our bodily functions and it also affects our behaviours to further outdistanced structure protection for our nervous system.