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a spinal cord can have tumors, meningitis, which is the inflammation of the thin tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cords, poliomyelitis which attacks your nervous system and can cause paralysis, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune diseases, digenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis which attacks neurons and causes trouble walking, running, writing, and speech problems.

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