Injury to the cervical spine does not usually lead to cerebral infarction, but it can lead to cerebral infarction if the vertebral artery is injured at the same time, resulting in vertebral artery occlusion or entrapment, and so on.
The clinical manifestations of cervical spine injury are head and neck pain, stiffness, weakness of limbs, etc., which generally do not lead to cerebral infarction. However, if the cervical spine injury involves the vertebral artery, resulting in vertebral artery occlusion or entrapment, etc., it can lead to cerebral infarction in the posterior circulation region, such as dizziness, nausea and vomiting, impaired consciousness, ataxia, numbness and weakness of the limbs and other symptoms.
After the cervical spine injury, we need to protect the cervical spine to avoid secondary injury and seek medical treatment in time. Whether it leads to cerebral infarction or not needs to be determined by combining with relevant examination and physical examination.