Question

A 20-year-old female suffered from spinal cord injury that resulted from a motor vehicle accident. She had spinal shock lasting 15 days and is now experiencing an uncompensated cardiovascular response to sympathetic stimulation. This condition may accompany:

Answer 1

a distended bladder or rectum.

Step-by-step explanation:

A Distended Bladder occurs when a person is having difficulty in urinating or constant urge that the person bladder is full.

This often occured due to retention of urine in the bladder causing the bladder not to function properly or because their is an obstruction in the muscles that surround the bladder causing the person pain and urge to urinate frequently.

It can be prevented If distended bladder is diagnosed immediately. Some symptoms of distended bladder are difficulty urinating, constant feeling that your bladder is full, the urine flow slowly and constant abdominal pain when urinating.

Although she is experiencing an uncompensated cardiovascular response to sympathetic stimulation which is a conditions that affect the proper function of the blood vessels, this condition may accompany a DISTENDED BLADDER.

Answer 2

This condition may accompany a distended bladder or rectum.

Step-by-step explanation:

Distended bladder or rectum usually refers to a condition in which urine is retained in the bladder because it is unable to empty it normally. This situation arises if either there is an obstruction in the bladder or loss of tone bladder muscles. Under these situations, the body is unable to detect the increased pressure or urge to urinate.

Hence, the spinal cord injury can disrupt the communication between the nerves in the spinal cord that control the bladder function.