What Complication Is Occurring for a Person Who Has a Spinal

question 16

Multiple Choice

What complication is occurring for a person who has a spinal cord injury above T6 and who is experiencing paroxysmal hypertension and has 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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