CAUSES OF HYPERREFLEXIA: MNEMONIC

Complete Spinal Cord Lesion –🧠🦴 Complete spinal cord lesion means total loss of motor and sensory function below the level of injury with NO sacral sparing (S4–S5). Patients initially develop spinal shock → flaccid paralysis, areflexia, and bowel/bladder loss, followed later by spastic paralysis, hyperreflexia, and positive Babinski. Causes include severe trauma, tumors, ischemia, or transverse myelitis. Diagnosis is by MRI spine and ASIA Grade A. Management focuses on immobilization, possible

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