What is spinal cord injury?

Spinal cord injury may involve the spinal cord, vertebrae, or both that causes permanent and/or progressive interruption of impulse conduction.

How do members experience spinal cord injury?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with spinal cord injury*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for spinal cord injury*

Who has spinal cord injury on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 7
20s 34
30s 149
40s 282
50s 397
60s 412
70+ 214

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 787
Female 736