Transverse myelitis: Know the signs and symptoms
2020年9月10日 · Transverse myelitis interrupts the messages that the spinal cord nerves send throughout the body. This can cause pain, muscle weakness, paralysis, sensory problems, or bladder and bowel dysfunction. There are many different causes of transverse myelitis, including infections and immune system disorders that attack the body's tissues.
Mayo Clinic develops neuro test that distinguishes demyelinating ...
2017年11月28日 · Most importantly, the test allows distinction of NMOSD, ADEM, optic neuritis, and transverse myelitis from multiple sclerosis early in the course of a disease. The MOG-IgG test uses serum — not spinal fluid — and is a fluorescence-activated …
Mayo researchers correlate specific antibody with relapse of ...
2018年11月6日 · Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein is a newly recognized antibody found in patients who have inflammatory central nervous system (CNS) disorders such as optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve), transverse myelitis (spinal cord inflammation), encephalitis (brain inflammation) or, in some cases, a combination of these. The Mayo study ...
Learn about acute flaccid myelitis, a condition in children that is ...
2022年9月22日 · Acute flaccid myelitis is an uncommon but serious condition that may lead to lasting problems. "Similar to polio, imaging studies of children with acute flaccid myelitis show abnormalities in the spinal cord and brain that correspond to parts of the body showing weakness.
Teamwork Gives Maureen Connell an Accurate Diagnosis and …
2017年3月7日 · After she collapsed on Mother’s Day, Maureen was taken to the emergency room at a local hospital. She was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the nerves in the spinal column. “Maureen was unable to walk. She couldn’t go from her bed to the wheelchair without assistance,” Barry says. “Basically, she was bedridden.”
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Back pain issues
2020年9月10日 · Most people have significant improvement in their pain within 14 days, and symptoms usually resolve in 4–6 weeks. Unfortunately, it’s not uncommon for lower back pain to recur. The biggest predictor of developing lower back pain is having a history of prior lower back pain episodes. As many as 50% of acute lower back pain sufferers will ...
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Infectious Diseases A-Z: Keeping perspective on acute flaccid …
2018年12月3日 · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it continues to receive reports of children with acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). "Acute flaccid myelitis is a descriptive term for the primary clinical manifestation of loss of motor function," says Dr. Gregory Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group. The CDC has been investigating […]
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Aortic calcification: An early sign of heart valve problems?
2019年2月27日 · Aortic valve calcification is a condition in which calcium deposits form on the aortic valve in the heart. These deposits can cause narrowing at the opening of the aortic valve. This narrowing can become severe enough to reduce blood flow through the aortic valve — a condition called aortic valve stenosis. Aortic valve calcification may […]