In the case of a spinal break that causes someone to become paralyzed, why would organs and other bodily functions un-affected if the cause is a separation of the brain’s ability to communicate with the body? Does the brain not also subconsciously control breathing, heart beat, etc?
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Level of injury has a lot to do with it, as does how complete the injury is and the extent of the scarring/tethering that occurred post-injury and whether/where syrinxes and pseudomeningoceles formed.
I have a spinal cord injury. The injury that causes paralysis is at one level but there’s damage above and below that point. All injuries are highly individual in terms of experience and outcomes – it’s part of why doctors can’t and won’t predict.
It affects bowel and bladder function, breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, sweating, thermoregulation – all kinds of stuff.
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