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November 17, 2008 • 1:49 pm

Symptoms, Causes And Effects Of Post Traumatic Syringomyelia Whiplash.

Consequence of trauma such as whiplash injury may be experienced even after some months or years after the accident for post traumatic syringomyelia whiplash to build up. Post traumatic Syringomyelia may start to build up above or below the actual spot of whiplash injury. Trauma crops up as an outcome after an incident which is the basis for many intensities of intelligence and activities of human. The perception of trauma is interrelated with the stress and memory of the mind of the human. Trauma can never exist if you do not have the memory of the traumatic incident. Traumatic incidents are normal which is experienced by all sorts of human and so trauma is predictable. But if the trauma caused by an incident such as whiplash injury is beyond control then it can turn out to be syringomyelia.

Syringomyelia is an on going syndrome which develops cyst filled with fluid or syrinx inside the spinal cord. It may take some time for post traumatic syringomyelia whiplash to build up because it takes some time for the cyst to continue to grow larger and initiate pressure on the spinal cord. Although syrinx starts to grow in the cervical spine it can also occur in any part through out the length of the spinal cord. Spinal cord connects the brain and all the ends of nerves in our body for the brain to communicate because of this any damage due to syrinx in the spinal cord can cause stiffness in the back, arms etc, pain or weakness resulting in trauma. These symptoms differ in relation with the position of the syrinx inside the spinal cord, seriousness and size of the cyst. Until the introduction of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) diagnosing syringomyelia was difficult. MRI has increased number of syringomyelia cases in the very early stage itself. Most of the spinal cord injuries bring up cyst in the spinal cord but only a few turn out as syringomyelia with cyst that enlarges and filled with fluid. With the use of MRI to diagnose syringomyelia you need not wait for post traumatic syringomyelia to build up.

Patients sustain whiplash injury develop symptoms within twenty four hours after the accident but it takes more time for post traumatic syringomyelia to build up because the syrinx or the cyst to form takes some more time after the whiplash. Although MRI can diagnose a cyst the patients are able to identify the existence of the cyst by the symptoms like unable to feel pin prick and temperature variations. Surgery is the best treatment to remove the fluid from the cyst because oral treatments can only give temporary or fairly small improvement in reducing the fluid from the cyst.

Post traumatic syringomyelia whiplash it is a must that you preserve every medical bill and other bills that you have had to pay due to this injury. Hire a good accident lawyer or accident solicitor who works on the no win no fee basis and file a compensation claim. Your chances of getting the compensation will depend on the evidence that you have and the intelligence and experience of you lawyer.

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