Al Jr .'s and Shelley's daughter, Cody, now 17, contracted transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord, in 1999 and was paralyzed from the chest down.
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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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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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On New Year's Eve in 1980, when she was seventeen and had recently graduated high school, she had a bout of transverse myelitis that left her paraplegic.
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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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During the divorce proceedings the Unsers learned that Cody, then 12, had contracted a rare spinal disease known as transverse myelitis ( TM ), paralyzing her from the chest down.
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She passed out playing basketball two years ago and when she awoke, the lower half of her body was paralyzed from transverse myelitis, a rare neurological infection of her spinal cord.
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In September, paperwork was filed on Cody's behalf establishing the Cody Unser First Step Foundation, a nonprofit group aimed at raising research funds and awareness of transverse myelitis and spinal cord injury.
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On the other hand, patients with the relapsing form are more likely to have weeks or months between the initial attacks, and to have better motor recovery after the initial transverse myelitis event.
