Transverse myelitis: Know the signs and symptoms
网页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 ...
网页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 cell-sorting assay, the first of its kind in the U.S.
Mayo researchers correlate specific antibody with relapse of ...
网页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 …
Learn about acute flaccid myelitis, a condition in children that is ...
网页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 …
Teamwork Gives Maureen Connell an Accurate Diagnosis and …
网页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
网页2020年9月10日 · DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I am 45 and relatively healthy. But about a year ago, I hurt my lower back while working in the yard. I felt a sharp pain and could barely walk. It took about a month to heal. Then about a month ago, I …
Mayo Clinic researcher finds potential target to control rare …
网页2020年9月10日 · Patients with a rare genetic disease called familial adenomatous polyposis, (FAP), often face debilitating challenges. Typically striking in the early teenage years, FAP is characterized by hundreds to thousands of tiny polyps forming in the colon and rectum and leading to a nearly 100% percent likelihood that they will get colon cancer without a …
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Influenza and Sepsis: Mayo Expert Describes Signs of Severe Sepsis ...
网页2015年1月13日 · Sepsis can be a dangerous complication of almost any type of infection, including influenza, pneumonia and food poisoning; urinary tract infections; bloodstream infections from wounds; and abdominal infections. Steve Peters, M.D., a pulmonary and critical care physician at Mayo Clinic and senior author of a recent sepsis overview in the medical journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings, explains sepsis ...
Acute flaccid myelitis: Don’t ignore the symptoms - Mayo Clinic …
网页2020年8月5日 · Acute flaccid myelitis or AFM is a rare, polio-like condition that causes sudden weakness in a person's arms or legs and can lead to respiratory distress. Most often occurring in children, AFM can result in permanent disability, even death. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging parents and caregivers to be on the […]