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What is myelitis?
Myelitis is inflammation of the spinal cord that can cause symptoms such as weakness, numbness, and muscle pain. It can be caused by infections, autoimmune disorders, or other underlying conditions. Treatment usually involves addressing the underlying cause and managing symptoms.
What causes the symptoms of transverse myelitis?
The symptoms of transverse myelitis are due to damage and/or destruction of the myelin sheath, the fatty white covering of nerve fibers that serves both to insulate the nerve fibers and to speed nervous conduction along them.
What is the pathophysiology of transverse myelitis?
Transverse Myelitis is the inflammation of the spinal cord.
What are the symptoms of myelopathy?
Myelopathy refers to the spinal cord's pathology. It is considered a spinal cord injury if it suffers from trauma. It is referred to as myelitis if the area is inflamed.
Can transverse myelitis return again?
what does this mean: Mild Myelomalacia consistant with history of transverse myelitis
What are the symptoms of transverse myelitis?
Problems with movement and sensation appear within one or two days after inflammation begins. Symptoms include soft (flaccid) paralysis of the legs, with pain in the lower legs or back, followed by loss of feeling and sphincter.
Myelitis is a muscle inflammation caused by a fungus?
Myelitis is actually an inflammation of the spinal cord, not the muscles. It can be caused by various factors, such as infections, autoimmune diseases, or other conditions, but it is typically not caused by a fungus. Treatment usually involves addressing the underlying cause and managing symptoms like pain and nerve dysfunction.
What disease can cause paralysis?
Polio myelitis.
What is the prognosis for transverse myelitis?
The area on the spinal cord affected by transverse myelitis will determine the individual's level of functioning. The higher-up the lesion, the greater the disability.
How is transverse myelitis diagnosed?
Medical history, physical examination, brain and spinal cord scans, myelogram, spinal tap, and blood tests are used to rule out other neurological causes of symptoms, such as a tumor. If none of these tests.
What is the meaning of myelitis?
Inflammation of the spinal marrow or its membranes.
Myelitis is any disease caused by a fungus?
You are confusing the prefix myel/o (bonen marrow/spinal cord) with myc/o (fungus). myelitis is inflammation of the spinal cord, normally associated with bacteria or a virus; although there have been few reported cases of myelitis due to a fungus.
