My step daughter (age 41) recently had a spinal cord bleed . At the rehabilitation center where she received therapy, one of the physicians told her that what she had was a stroke of the spine . After going on line to get information on these subjects, I do not see where the two are the same even though the results are the same. Is a spontaneous spinal cord bleed and a stroke of the spine the same thing?
Hi, Thank you for posting your query. Bleed in the spinal cord is often due to bleeding diaeresis, such as low platelet count, other disorders of blood, etc., or sometimes due to trauma. Spinal cord stroke is often due to lack of blood flow to spinal cord and the risk factors are diabetes, high BP or cholesterol, etc. I agree with you that both spinal cord bleed and stroke would have similar adverse impact on the patient. I hope it helps. Best wishes, Chat Doctor.