Not paraplegic, not quadraplegic, but...
2006-06-14 18:38:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
No, it would be quadriplegic. That's not how it works. If someone is paralyzed in the top half of their body, then they will also be paralyzed in the bottom half. That is how spinal injury works. And no, you aren't necessarily going to be dead. Christopher Reeve lived for years as a quadriplegic. He had machines to help him breathe.
2006-06-14 19:40:36 · answer #1 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that even possible?????
If someone severs their spinal cord up high, signals from the brain cant travel through it to reach their legs. The brain signals have to go through the upper body to get to the lower body, so i don't think that works.
2006-06-15 01:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by Steven B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a paraplegic. They are not able to use two extremities. Otherwise, they are called "un-lucky".
2006-06-15 01:47:11 · answer #3 · answered by Lil D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dead... I wonder... if your diaphragm is paralyzed, can you breathe.
But ohgman, thats not the question. He specifically asked "paralyzed from waist up" and in essense it is not possible unless you are completely paralyzed from C5 down..
2006-06-15 01:56:19 · answer #4 · answered by julius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a student. This paralysis is typical of students, especially social science majors in college.
2006-06-15 01:44:18 · answer #5 · answered by urbancoyote 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brain dead or a living zombie LOL but ture
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2006-06-15 01:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by Paul G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Deceased...since your heart, lungs, and brain are above the waist...duh!
2006-06-15 02:36:32 · answer #7 · answered by D_Lvr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a vegetable
2006-06-15 01:40:05 · answer #8 · answered by smoky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a pair of legs...
2006-06-15 01:41:37 · answer #9 · answered by always under siege 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋