In 1950, when he was 25 and a year away from completing medical school _ he planned to become a surgeon _ he contracted spinal myelitis.
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It develops rapidly over several hours to several weeks, but most patients show fair to good recovery, according to information from the Transverse Myelitis Association.
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These disorders are normally associated also with the conditions Optic neuritis and Transverse myelitis, which are inflammatory conditions, because inflammation and demyelination are frequently associated.
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He not only is going through divorce, his 12-year-old daughter Cody was stricken with Transverse Myelitis which caused paralysis from the chest down.
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The prognosis for transverse myelitis depends if there is improvement in 3 to 6 months; complete recovery is not likely if no improvement occurs between this time.
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Some inflammatory conditions are associated with the presence of scleroses in the CNS . Optic neuritis ( monophasic and recurrent ) and Transverse myelitis ( monophasic and recurrent)
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Fung lost the use of his legs as a child after contracting a virus which damaged his spinal cord ( Actue Transverse Myelitis in 1994 with paraplegia ).
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Cody, 16, has been confined to a wheelchair for the past four years, paralyzed from the chest down by the rare spinal cord disease transverse myelitis.
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In diagnosis, other causes of abrupt paralysis should be excluded such as cord compression, transverse myelitis ( inflammation of the spinal cord ) and Guillain Barr?syndrome.
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Morrison was an active able-bodied athlete before losing control in her legs in 2012 due to transverse myelitis, a rare condition that damages the spinal cord.
