my aunt die b'c she fell and broke here neck I was just wondering if she felt any pain or suffering from it?
2006-12-25 16:26:42 · 12 answers · asked by Nathan D 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
It depends, if the fall was from a high enough place that her neck just "snapped" then it was instantaneous death and she felt nothing.
If she fell and fractured her neck and tried to move and then snapped her spinal cord- she felt pain from the fall until she tried to move at which time death would finally occur.
2006-12-25 16:29:21 · answer #1 · answered by mac 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe she might of felt pain in her neck but she probably went numb once she broke it. A relative of mine broke his neck while he dove in a shallow lake to catch a frisbee and he was close to paralyzing himself for life. He luckily can get around just fine, he can walk but not normally. He has lost some o this ability to move properly, and as he ages, he will continue to get worse and cripple even more, he has bunions on his feet probably from not walking properly. He can move his arms and other things but the communication he has neurologically is not as good as it used to be. He still has some complications with his disability such as falling because of his physical disability. He has had some concussions before and has fallen too many times. But as he gets older his body won't tolerate that because he's had fallen many times that it could kill him, which it worries me when things like that happen to him. He exercises on occasion to keep his muscle strength up.
A neck injury depends on what areas in the neck are damaged and that still work, which that's what happened to my uncle. He went thru physical therapy and takes medicines to help with his disability. He learned to walk on his own using a cane and after a while he improved and he does well. He is one of the lucky people I know.
2016-05-02 05:47:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it depends on where in the neck it was broken. as a general rule, anything above c-4 is lethal (because at that point, the innervation to heart and lungs is interrupted -- and if you have no innervation to those areas, they do not work....)
any other area, could leave you a quad, para, hemi plegic and YES you could have pain...
Now, think of trampoline with an association to broken necks...
2006-12-25 16:30:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you broke your neck & then died right after, no, you wouldn't feel any pain since your dead. But if you died a while after breaking your neck, I would think it would be painful.
2006-12-25 16:30:00 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she broke her neck, probably not. If there was any pain, it was probably just for seconds. I don't think she suffered, if that's what you're asking.
2006-12-25 16:29:54 · answer #5 · answered by tikizgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure it would be a quick jolt of pain, probably went into shock then and didnt feel anything.
2006-12-25 16:28:41 · answer #6 · answered by HVAC Man 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hope not for her sake but at least it wasn't a long painful experience.
2006-12-25 16:35:04 · answer #7 · answered by meesh_1985 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im sure briefly you do but I guess it really depends on how bad the break is.
2006-12-25 16:28:45 · answer #8 · answered by milehighstar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ummm im sorry but no1 can probably answer this question unless they broke their neck and SURVIVED. Ur question was "if you break your neck and DIE do you feel pain?" well if ur dead u cant answer this question. lol
2006-12-25 16:29:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋
my guess is yeah, but only she knows for sure. I think it also depends on how soon she died.
2006-12-25 16:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by adrixia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋