FERTILITY, CHILDBIRTH, AND CONTRACEPTION
Women with Paraplegia or Quadriplegia and of childbearing age usually regain menses; nearly 50% do not miss a single...
ORGASM
A woman with SCI, like men with similar injuries, can achieve normal orgasm if there is some residual pelvic innervation, though...
SEXUAL DRIVE AND ACTIVITY
Although spinal cord injured men may lose the ability to maintain erection, ejaculate, or experience orgasm, their sex drive...
EJACULATION, ORGASM, AND COITUS
Ejaculation is a Motor function which cannot take place if the particular nerves and parts of the spinal cord...
ERECTIONS
A male with SCI may, or may not, be able to achieve erection. The level, severity, time elapsed, and...
TRACHEOTOMY CARE
Caring for your Tracheotomy
Preventing Water from Entering Tracheotomy - Following are some of the ways you can prevent water from entering your tracheotomy:
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POSTURAL DRAINAGE
To drain the middle and lower portions of your lungs, you should be positioned with your chest above your head. Possible techniques to achieve...
ASSISTED COUGH
(Quad Cough)
By having someone assist you in coughing, your cough will be more forceful and productive and you will be able...
PERCUSSION
Percussion can be used while you are in a Postural Drainage position to dislodge and mobilize secretions from the air sacs...
RESPIRATORY TREATMENTS WITH A NEBULIZER
If respiratory medication needs to be delivered directly to the lungs, this can be accomplished with a nebulizer, if prescribed by...
