This has always been a concern of mine, but, aside from visible physical signs, how do those of us who have any sort of complete -plegia keep an eye out for problems that fully able-bodied people are otherwise able to detect because they can feel pain or discomfort?
Example problems include things like appendicitis, or, as is the case with me right now, having just had rubber band ligation done on some hemorrhoids (again). For the latter, the possible complications that might arise (like banding too far down into the dentate line, infection, etc) are things I feel someone with sensation could notice earlier on (because of excessive pain, etc), but that a SCI patient won't notice until it's too late, due to fever, feeling like crap, etc.
Example problems include things like appendicitis, or, as is the case with me right now, having just had rubber band ligation done on some hemorrhoids (again). For the latter, the possible complications that might arise (like banding too far down into the dentate line, infection, etc) are things I feel someone with sensation could notice earlier on (because of excessive pain, etc), but that a SCI patient won't notice until it's too late, due to fever, feeling like crap, etc.
How do complete -plegics recognize injuries/problems below their site of injury?
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