Cervical spinal cord injury can be differentiated and diagnosed by trauma history, symptoms and auxiliary examination.
1. History of trauma: Patients with cervical spinal cord injury usually have a history of trauma to the neck, such as dislocation or fracture of the joints of the neck and sharp force injury to the neck.
2. Symptoms: Cervical spinal cord injury may lead to quadriplegia, if the diaphragm or intercostal muscles are paralyzed, it may lead to respiratory difficulties, resulting in the patient’s death; the upper limbs may have segmental sensory and motor deficits, etc.; complete severance of the spinal cord may have delayed complete paralysis, with loss of sensation and reflexes.
3. Auxiliary examination: X-ray or CT can be used to determine the site of cervical spine injury, and MRI can be used to observe the site and scope of spinal cord injury.
If cervical spinal cord injury is suspected, it should be diagnosed as soon as possible so that it can be treated in time.