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Docs, could a herniated disk be deadly to you?
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Generally no: However, that said if you had a really high cervical spine disk herniation that caused immediate severe spinal stenosis and/or spinal cord injury around c2/3 or c3/4 could result in difficulty breathing and move from that level below. That's pretty rare, so not likely to be deadly at any level below that...
Answered 5/13/2014
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