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When an Accident in Douglas County, Georgia, Leads to a Spinal Injury (Part A)

After you have been involved in an accident in Douglas County, Georgia, if the bones around your spinal cord become dislocated or fractured, you may sustain a spinal cord injury. This kind of injury could prove to be very devastating, depending on its severity. It could result from ligaments, disc material or bone fragments cutting into the tissue of your spinal cord.

If you or a loved one is suffering with a spinal cord injury caused by someone else's negligence in an accident in Douglas County, Georgia, you might be able to seek compensation in a Georgia personal injury claim. An experienced Douglas County, Georgia, attorney can go over your case and give you a thorough explanation of your legal options.

Understanding a Spinal Cord Injury

A spinal cord injury can be complete or incomplete. If you have a complete spinal cord injury, you will lose voluntary movement and sensation below the point where you suffered the injury.

If you suffered an incomplete injury, you will have limited functioning below the point of the injury. For example, you might feel your leg but lack the ability to move it after your accident in Douglas County, Georgia. You may also have a greater range of motion in one leg than you do in the other.

Complete and incomplete injuries may be accompanied by symptoms such as:

lack of movement;
lack of feeling (inability to feel heat, cold);
bowel and bladder incontinence;
prominent reflexes or spasms;
problems with sexual functioning and sensitivity;
pain from damaged nerve fibers; and
breathing difficulties.

If your accident in Douglas County, Georgia, causes a spinal cord injury near your neck, quadriplegia may develop. Your arms, chest, legs and pelvic organs may be affected. The closer the injury is to your head, the greater your risk of requiring breathing assistance. A spinal cord injury occurring farther down your back could cause paraplegia, affecting your legs, chest and pelvic organs.

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