On average, pregnant and nursing women in the U.S. consume 60-80 mg of DHA a day, from food and drink, which is only 20-25% of the recommended intake.* That's why DHA is one of the most important supplements for pregnancy.
The spinal cord coordinates the body's movement and sensation. Therefore, an injured cord loses the ability to send and receive messages from the brain to the body's systems that control sensory, motor, and autonomic function below the level of injury. Often, this results in some level of paralysis.
Following a spinal cord injury, signals between the bladder and the brain may not work properly. As a result, the bladder cannot tell your brain that the bladder is full and the brain cannot allow you to voluntarily empty your bladder. The changes that may occur after a spinal cord injury are in the way that your bladder empties. Depending on your injury, there are ways that your body will react. Depending on the type of spinal cord injury, two types of bladder dysfunction can occur: