There are several common causes of spinal cord edema: 1. trauma, violent spinal injury, vertebral fracture can cause spinal cord edema, usually accompanied by numbness or weakness of the limbs, or even paralysis. 2. infection of the spinal cord, such as bacterial and viral infections, commonly cerebrospinal meningitis and poliomyelitis, acute and chronic inflammation can cause spinal cord edema. 3. local edema is commonly caused by intervertebral disc compression, such as spinal cervical spondylosis, in addition to numbness and weakness of the limbs. 4. In addition to compression, such as spinal cervical spondylosis, there is also numbness and weakness of the limbs. 4. Tumors or metastatic cancer of the spinal cord can cause spinal edema. Regardless of the cause of spinal edema, it usually causes sensory and motor impairment of the limbs, and in severe cases, paralysis.