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Anatomy
What is the spinal cord?
What is Spinal Cord Injury?
What is the spinal cord and the vertebra?
Why is my spinal cord important?
What's the difference between a paraplegic and a quadriplegic?
What is Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?
What is spinal cord injury?
How does spinal cord injury affect the skin?
What happens to the bladder, bowel, and sexual function?
How is spinal cord injury classified?
When the cord is bruised, are the A- cells killed B- cells demylinated C- axons destroyed D- combinations/ all three or does it depend on the injury.
What is a Stem Cell?
What is the phrenic nerve and where is it situated?
What are the levels of Spinal Cord Injury?
What is spasticity and neuropathic pain?
How many patients are injured each year at a particular neurologic level?
What does the spinal cord look like and what does it do?
What are general medical concerns with SCI?
What is Autonomic Dysreflexia?
If the scar forms around the outside (from a bruise), why do the nerves and axons have to grow throught it? I could see if the bruise went across the cord, but what about in a bruise?
Pulmonary, bladder, and skin care?
Why can't the nerves above the injury reconnect w/ nerves below the injury? Why do they have to grow all the way down?
What happens below the injury? DO the nerve cells stay alive, do they die over time, or are they still connected with each other, just not with the brain.
Is the only difference between acute and chronic the scar? What else happens to the cord after the acute stage? Also, how long does the "acute" stage last? 2 weeks? couple days? 1 month?
When the cord is injured, it is the pressure on the cord that causes the injury (unless it is bad, and the cord gets cut. Is this true? Is one worse or better than the other, or does it depend?
How does the spinal cord work?
Where does the scar form if it's a bruise? Around the outside? Does it form on the outside of the cord, or across it?
Family
What is the spinal cord?
Why is my spinal cord important?
I need help in getting something so I can use my computer. Can you help me?
What's the difference between a paraplegic and a quadriplegic?
What is Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?
What is spinal cord injury?
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
What is meant by the terms "complete" and "incomplete" injuries?
Has the spinal cord been decompressed?
How many spinal cord injuries occur in the U.S. each year?
How disability is determined
How Much Can I Earn Before I Lose All My Benefits?
Does everyone who sustains a spinal cord injury use a wheelchair?
How Do I Get Started On A PASS?
How long will recovery take?
Was methylprednisolone given?
Where should spinal-cord-injured persons go for rehabilitation?
How does a child qualify for disability benefits?
What is the ASIA Classification System?
How Can SSI Help Me With My Work Expenses?
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
What activities are available for Spinal Cord Injured?
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
What is paralysis?
How long will recovery take?
How is sexuality affected by spinal cord injury?
Will he/she recover?
What research is being done?
Do people with SCI die sooner?
How much can I earn and still receive disability benefits?
Is there a cure for Spinal Cord Injury?
Do people with SCI ever get better?
What you need for disability benefits
What is the level and severity of spinal cord injury?
What Kind Of Help With My Work Expenses Can I Expect?
Will he/she recover?
How Long Will My SSI Benefits Continue After I Go Back To Work?
Can people with SCI have sex, children?
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
Has anticoagulation been started?
What kind of disability benefits does Social Security pay?
Doctors
Has the spinal cord been decompressed?
When the cord is bruised, are the A- cells killed B- cells demylinated C- axons destroyed D- combinations/ all three or does it depend on the injury.
What happens when nerve fibers regrow?
What is the phrenic nerve and where is it situated?
Was methylprednisolone given?
What is spasticity and neuropathic pain?
What is paralysis?
What is the prognosis?
What are general medical concerns with SCI?
Is there any treatment?
What is Autonomic Dysreflexia?
If the scar forms around the outside (from a bruise), why do the nerves and axons have to grow throught it? I could see if the bruise went across the cord, but what about in a bruise?
Pulmonary, bladder, and skin care?
What is the level and severity of spinal cord injury?
How is acute spinal cord injury treated?
How Long Would Medicare Continue Once I Start Working?
What is NIL-A?
How does the spinal cord work?
What is rT3 and its role in spinal cord injury?
Has anticoagulation been started?
Social Security
What is a disability trial work period?
Is there a time limit on Social Security disability benefits?
How disability is determined
How Much Can I Earn Before I Lose All My Benefits?
What Gender?
I understand that to get Social Security disability benefits, your disability must be expected to last at least a year. Does this mean that you must wait a year after being disabled before you can get benefits?
Applying for SSI
How Long Will Social Security Continue While I Work?
How Do I Get Started On A PASS?
Do people with SCI have jobs?
How Do Earnings Reduce My Payments?
What is the difference between Social Security disability and SSI?
How does a child qualify for disability benefits?
How Can SSI Help Me With My Work Expenses?
How much can I earn and still receive disability benefits?
When to apply for Social Security
What you need for disability benefits
Are There Special Rules For Workers Who Are Blind?
How Do I Find Out If I Can Work Again?
How Much Can I Earn Before I Start Losing Benefits?
What Kind Of Help With My Work Expenses Can I Expect?
What About Help With Rehabilitation, Training Or Education?
How Long Will My SSI Benefits Continue After I Go Back To Work?
How Long Would Medicare Continue Once I Start Working?
How do workers' compensation payments affect my disability benefits?
What Happens If I Lose My Job?
What kind of disability benefits does Social Security pay?
Average yearly expenses?
How to apply for Social Security
Common
What is the spinal cord?
What are the effects of SCI?
What is Spinal Cord Injury?
What is the spinal cord and the vertebra?
Why is my spinal cord important?
I need help in getting something so I can use my computer. Can you help me?
What's the difference between a paraplegic and a quadriplegic?
What is a disability trial work period?
What is Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?
What is spinal cord injury?
What is meant by the terms "complete" and "incomplete" injuries?
Has the incidence of SCI changed in recent years?
What happens to the bladder, bowel, and sexual function?
Has the spinal cord been decompressed?
How is spinal cord injury classified?
How many spinal cord injuries occur in the U.S. each year?
Whats leading cause of death?
Causes of Spinal Cord Injury
What Gender?
Does everyone who sustains a spinal cord injury use a wheelchair?
Applying for SSI
How Long Will Social Security Continue While I Work?
Whats the age SCI happen?
How Do Earnings Reduce My Payments?
How long will recovery take?
Was methylprednisolone given?
What is the ASIA Classification System?
Does demylination STOP conduction or SLOW DOWN conduction?
How many people are alive today in the U.S. with SCI?
What ethnic groups have SCI?
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
What are the levels of Spinal Cord Injury?
What is the nerve center at L1? Why can't anyone with an injury below that have function below injury, or respond to FES?
What are the leading causes of SCI?
How frequently do persons with SCI return to work?
What activities are available for Spinal Cord Injured?
What is the annual incidence of SCI?
What is spasticity and neuropathic pain?
What is paralysis?
How long will recovery take?
Does recovery occur after spinal cord injury?
What is the prognosis?
What does the spinal cord look like and what does it do?
Will he/she recover?
Is there a cure for Spinal Cord Injury?
Do people with SCI ever get better?
Is there any treatment?
What are the usual demographics of people who get SCI?
When to apply for Social Security
Are There Special Rules For Workers Who Are Blind?
What is Autonomic Dysreflexia?
If the scar forms around the outside (from a bruise), why do the nerves and axons have to grow throught it? I could see if the bruise went across the cord, but what about in a bruise?
I understand that 10% repair will make functional recovery, at what % would the person appear as if the injury never happened (in your opinion)?
How Do I Find Out If I Can Work Again?
How is acute spinal cord injury treated?
How Much Can I Earn Before I Start Losing Benefits?
How many people have SCI? Who are they?
Will he/she recover?
Can people with SCI have sex, children?
What happens below the injury? DO the nerve cells stay alive, do they die over time, or are they still connected with each other, just not with the brain.
Is the only difference between acute and chronic the scar? What else happens to the cord after the acute stage? Also, how long does the "acute" stage last? 2 weeks? couple days? 1 month?
How Long Would Medicare Continue Once I Start Working?
When the cord is injured, it is the pressure on the cord that causes the injury (unless it is bad, and the cord gets cut. Is this true? Is one worse or better than the other, or does it depend?
How does the spinal cord work?
Where does the scar form if it's a bruise? Around the outside? Does it form on the outside of the cord, or across it?
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
How do workers' compensation payments affect my disability benefits?
Has anticoagulation been started?
How to apply for Social Security
Stem Cell
What is a Stem Cell?
What happens when nerve fibers regrow?
Pressure Sores
How does spinal cord injury affect the skin?
What are general medical concerns with SCI?
Pulmonary, bladder, and skin care?
When the cord is injured, it is the pressure on the cord that causes the injury (unless it is bad, and the cord gets cut. Is this true? Is one worse or better than the other, or does it depend?
Wheelchairs
Does everyone who sustains a spinal cord injury use a wheelchair?
Research
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
Has the incidence of SCI changed in recent years?
How does spinal cord injury affect the skin?
When the cord is bruised, are the A- cells killed B- cells demylinated C- axons destroyed D- combinations/ all three or does it depend on the injury.
How many spinal cord injuries occur in the U.S. each year?
What is a Stem Cell?
What happens when nerve fibers regrow?
Whats the age SCI happen?
What ethnic groups have SCI?
What is the nerve center at L1? Why can't anyone with an injury below that have function below injury, or respond to FES?
What is the annual incidence of SCI?
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
Does recovery occur after spinal cord injury?
How many patients are injured each year at a particular neurologic level?
What does the spinal cord look like and what does it do?
What research is being done?
Is there a cure for Spinal Cord Injury?
Is there any treatment?
How many people have SCI? Who are they?
Why can't the nerves above the injury reconnect w/ nerves below the injury? Why do they have to grow all the way down?
What is NIL-A?
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
What is rT3 and its role in spinal cord injury?
Rehabilitation
What are the effects of SCI?
What is Spinal Cord Injury?
What is the spinal cord and the vertebra?
I need help in getting something so I can use my computer. Can you help me?
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
What is meant by the terms "complete" and "incomplete" injuries?
What happens to the bladder, bowel, and sexual function?
How is spinal cord injury classified?
What is the phrenic nerve and where is it situated?
How long will recovery take?
Where should spinal-cord-injured persons go for rehabilitation?
What is the ASIA Classification System?
Does demylination STOP conduction or SLOW DOWN conduction?
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
What are the levels of Spinal Cord Injury?
What is the nerve center at L1? Why can't anyone with an injury below that have function below injury, or respond to FES?
What activities are available for Spinal Cord Injured?
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
How long will recovery take?
Does recovery occur after spinal cord injury?
What is the prognosis?
How is sexuality affected by spinal cord injury?
Will he/she recover?
What research is being done?
Do people with SCI ever get better?
I understand that 10% repair will make functional recovery, at what % would the person appear as if the injury never happened (in your opinion)?
What is the level and severity of spinal cord injury?
How is acute spinal cord injury treated?
What About Help With Rehabilitation, Training Or Education?
Why can't the nerves above the injury reconnect w/ nerves below the injury? Why do they have to grow all the way down?
What happens below the injury? DO the nerve cells stay alive, do they die over time, or are they still connected with each other, just not with the brain.
Is the only difference between acute and chronic the scar? What else happens to the cord after the acute stage? Also, how long does the "acute" stage last? 2 weeks? couple days? 1 month?
What is NIL-A?
Where does the scar form if it's a bruise? Around the outside? Does it form on the outside of the cord, or across it?
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
What is rT3 and its role in spinal cord injury?
Funding
Is there a time limit on Social Security disability benefits?
I understand that to get Social Security disability benefits, your disability must be expected to last at least a year. Does this mean that you must wait a year after being disabled before you can get benefits?
How Do I Get Started On A PASS?
Do people with SCI have jobs?
What is the difference between Social Security disability and SSI?
Where should spinal-cord-injured persons go for rehabilitation?
How does a child qualify for disability benefits?
When to apply for Social Security
What you need for disability benefits
What Happens If I Lose My Job?
How to apply for Social Security
Advocacy
How disability is determined
Causes of Spinal Cord Injury
How many people are alive today in the U.S. with SCI?
What are the leading causes of SCI?
Statistics
What are the effects of SCI?
Has the incidence of SCI changed in recent years?
Whats leading cause of death?
Causes of Spinal Cord Injury
What Gender?
Whats the age SCI happen?
Does demylination STOP conduction or SLOW DOWN conduction?
How many people are alive today in the U.S. with SCI?
What ethnic groups have SCI?
What are the leading causes of SCI?
How frequently do persons with SCI return to work?
What is the annual incidence of SCI?
How many patients are injured each year at a particular neurologic level?
Do people with SCI die sooner?
What are the usual demographics of people who get SCI?
How many people have SCI? Who are they?
Average yearly expenses?
Employment
What is a disability trial work period?
Is there a time limit on Social Security disability benefits?
How Much Can I Earn Before I Lose All My Benefits?
I understand that to get Social Security disability benefits, your disability must be expected to last at least a year. Does this mean that you must wait a year after being disabled before you can get benefits?
Applying for SSI
How Long Will Social Security Continue While I Work?
Do people with SCI have jobs?
How Do Earnings Reduce My Payments?
What is the difference between Social Security disability and SSI?
How Can SSI Help Me With My Work Expenses?
How frequently do persons with SCI return to work?
How much can I earn and still receive disability benefits?
Are There Special Rules For Workers Who Are Blind?
I understand that 10% repair will make functional recovery, at what % would the person appear as if the injury never happened (in your opinion)?
How Do I Find Out If I Can Work Again?
How Much Can I Earn Before I Start Losing Benefits?
What Kind Of Help With My Work Expenses Can I Expect?
What About Help With Rehabilitation, Training Or Education?
How Long Will My SSI Benefits Continue After I Go Back To Work?
How do workers' compensation payments affect my disability benefits?
What Happens If I Lose My Job?
What kind of disability benefits does Social Security pay?
Average yearly expenses?
Relationships
Whats leading cause of death?
How is sexuality affected by spinal cord injury?
Do people with SCI die sooner?
What are the usual demographics of people who get SCI?
Will he/she recover?
Can people with SCI have sex, children?
