What Complication Is Occurring for a Person Who Has a Spinal

question 33

Multiple Choice

What complication is occurring for a person who has a spinal cord injury above T6 and is experiencing paroxysmal hypertension as well as piloerection and sweating above the spinal cord lesion?

• A)Craniosacral dysreflexia
• B)Parasympathetic dysreflexia
• C)Autonomic hyperreflexia
• D)Healing of the spinal cord lesion

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