What happens when the cervical spine is broken

A broken cervical vertebra is actually a fracture of the cervical spine, mostly a compression fracture of the vertebral body. After a fracture of the cervical spine occurs, if there is irritation and compression of the spinal cord, the patient will have symptoms of nerve compression injury. For example, there will be obvious pain like pins and needles, and there will be limited movement of the neck, and there will also be decreased sensation of the skin of the upper limbs, decreased muscle strength, pathological reflexes, and in some cases, muscle weakness of the lower limbs, difficulty walking, abnormal bowel movements, a feeling of stepping on cotton piles in the lower limbs when walking, and a feeling of banding in the chest. In this case, the patient should be prohibited from moving, and the cervical spine should be fixed with a cervical brace or brace, and the patient should be given continuous traction on the cervical spine with a jaw belt, or neurotrophic drugs should be applied, and if the condition is further severe, surgery should be considered.