Acquired Spinal Injury
An 'acquired' spinal injury can mean a traumatic or non-traumatic injury.
Examples of a traumatic Injury:
- A fall
- A car accident
- Sporting accident
Examples of a non-traumatic Injury:
- Bacterial infections such as tuberculosis
- Viral infections e.g. transverse myelitis
- Spinal stroke blood clots (thrombosis)
- Haemorrhage (bleeding)
- Non-malignant growths (tumours) which press on the spinal cord