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Spinal Cord Injury and War Oct 5, 2014 22:44:00 GMT -8

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I remember meeting a guy once from the USA who became Spinal Cord Injured whilst fighting for his country and it was evident that in addition to the physical...he also suffered deep emotional scars too.
Another guy i met who was injured fighting, was a young guy who was British but arab decent..He decided to go and help free Libya and then was flown back to the UK for his operation and rehab.
He was in the Spinal Unit that i was in at the time..unfortunately he decided not to complete his rehab because he wanted to be at home...i always felt that was such a shame....

Its no wonder that statistics are changing...at one time Road Traffic Accidents were the main cause of spinal cord injuries but after looking into this recently..especially in the USA,..statistics are showing that accidents at work are the largest proportion of how people develop SCI. I may be presuming wrong but im figuring that army personnel comes into this catagory is work so will come into this proportion.

So now RTA's are a close second..It would have been hopeful to think that drivers are taking more care (which i hope i some part of this) but it seems that this is now an occupational hazard!

Its a sad sign f the times when you think about it...Figures show that the main cause of SCI in soldiers is explosions...then its vehicle crashes and then gun shot wounds. Almost all are from fractures and many soldiers also sustain injuries to other parts of their body and i believe the average age is 26.6 years of age...

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Spinal Cord Injury and War Oct 6, 2014 22:28:26 GMT -8

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Oct 6, 2014 17:56:58 GMT -8 dlevy said:

This may be a driver for a cure. An increase in SCI increases cost on society.

I agree dlevy...im sure the political administration will have looked into the cost of these injuries..Financial support will be endlessly needed...Its not just the cost of rehab, its additional lifelong care and finances and also another soldier on the payroll to replace.

This will probably have more impact that all the campaigns put together!

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Spinal Cord Injury and War Oct 12, 2014 11:09:26 GMT -8

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Oct 12, 2014 5:57:15 GMT -8 DJ said:

But, the government also benefits from it through the pharmaceutical industry. Specifically the North American government since they don't do much for people with disabilities anyways.

But surely the cost of supporting and caring for someone with SCI outweighs what they are funded through meds etc DJ? Or is the government not affected so much because insurance picks the bill up over there?

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Spinal Cord Injury and War Oct 12, 2014 11:44:54 GMT -8

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Oct 12, 2014 11:09:26 GMT -8 Lαrα said:

Oct 12, 2014 5:57:15 GMT -8 DJ said:

But, the government also benefits from it through the pharmaceutical industry. Specifically the North American government since they don't do much for people with disabilities anyways.

But surely the cost of supporting and caring for someone with SCI outweighs what they are funded through meds etc DJ? Or is the government not affected so much because insurance picks the bill up over there?

It's much worse in the United States then it is here but yeah, it's either payed through insurance or the person.

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Spinal Cord Injury and War

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