The stage of spinal shock that follows spinal cord injury is characterized by
A) reflex urination and defecation.
B) autonomic dysreflexia.
C) absent spinal reflexes below the level of injury.
D) motor spasticity and hyperreflexia below the level of injury.

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Spinal shock may occur after injury to the spinal cord,and can last from a few hours to a few weeks.Symptoms below the level of injury include flaccid paralysis of all skeletal muscles; loss of all spinal reflexes; loss of pain,proprioception,and other sensations; bowel and bladder dysfunction with paralytic ileus; and loss of thermoregulation.Bowel and bladder dysfunction may occur with spinal shock.Spinal shock is not characterized by autonomic dysreflexia.Spinal shock is generally associated with flaccid paralysis and loss of spinal reflexes.

The Stage of Spinal Shock That Follows Spinal Cord Injury