Cody Unser has been battling transverse myelitis, a rare disorder that struck her in February and left her paralyzed from the chest down.
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Initially, Wilson diagnoses the man with transverse myelitis after noticing that Tucker's girlfriend has a cold sore, and prescribes Acyclovir.
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For over twenty years, Mitchell suffered pain from nerve damage, caused by transverse myelitis, and was a supporter of the Neuropathy Trust.
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In some patients ( 33 % in one study ), transverse myelitis in the cervical spinal cord resulted in respiratory failure and subsequent death.
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If the sinus becomes infected, it can result in meningitis and myelitis, symptoms of which are spinal pain, rigidity, and fever.
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One-third of people with transverse myelitis experience full recovery, one-third experience fair recovery but have significant deficits such as spastic gait.
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However, at least 85 % of patients have a relapsing form of the disease with repeated attacks of transverse myelitis and / or optic neuritis.
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|| After beating cancer twice, 22-year-old Melissa Smith was diagnosed with transverse myelitis leaving her paralyzed from the waist down.
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He eventually contracted cerebral myelitis and had a stroke that deprived him of his speech, but he continued to paint until almost his final day.
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It also is useful for patients with spasticity caused by other disorders, such as spinal cord and brain injuries, multiple sclerosis, and transverse myelitis.
