Elsone L, Townsend T, Mutch K, Das K, Boggild M, Nurmikko T, Jacob A. Source: The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK. BACKGROUND: Neuropathic pruritus…
Autonomic Dysreflexia & Hyperreflexia Autonomic Dysreflexia Sections Autonomic Dysreflexia Mechanism of Autonomic Dysreflexia Causes of Autonomic Dysreflexia Functional Electrical Stimulation Headaches Autonomic Dysreflexia ? Autonomic Dysreflexia, also known as Hyperreflexia, is a potentially life threatening condition which can be considered a medical emergency requiring immediate attention. It occurs where the blood pressure in a person with a spinal cord injury (SCI) above T5-6 becomes excessively high due to the over activity of the Autonomic Nervous System
Step by step on a long road to recovery After more than five months in the hospital being treated for a rare disease, Caroline Hinckley, left, is home with her family, including her mother Kristie, and on the mend. (Troy R. Bennett / The Times Record) Brunswick teenager battles back from debilitating Devic’s Disease By Darcie Moore, Times Record Staff Published: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 2:18 PM EDT BRUNSWICK — Approximately eight months have passed since the symptoms of a rare autoimmune disease landed Caroline Hinckley, now 17, in the emergency room at Maine Medical Center in Portland and down a long road to diagnoses, treatment and painful baby steps toward recovery.
Transverse Myelitis: Symptoms, Causes and Diagnosis Joanne Lynn, M.D. Transverse myelitis (TM) is a neurologic syndrome caused by inflammation of the spinal cord. TM is uncommon but not rare.
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO, Devic’s disease), an uncommon demyelinating neuro-immunological disease, can be associated with autoimmune diseases. In SLE associated forms anti-aquaporin-4 antibody positivity can help differentiating between SLE nerve system manifestation and NMO.
OBJECTIVES: Spinal cord compression may be associated with a fusiform cord lesion on T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) images, leading to confusion with transverse myelitis and delaying effective surgical treatment. RESULTS: We describe 5 patients referred for evaluation of suspected neuromyelitis optica in whom the final diagnosis was symptomatic cervical spinal stenosis.
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an aggressive demyelinating disease that typically affects the optic nerves and spinal cord. While it is increasingly recognized that cerebral lesions are common in NMO, there have been no reported cases of NMO presenting with psychiatric symptoms and polydipsia.
Objetive: To demonstrate the occurrence of intractable hiccup and nausea (IHN) as first symptoms in Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) patients who developed cervical myelitis. Background: IHN are unique symptoms of NMO, which is a neurological disorder mainly characterized by optic neuritis and myelitis. Methods: We reviewed the medical records of 25 cases of relapsing NMO seen at the Ramos Mejia Hospital in Argentina during the period from 2006 to 2010.
Background: Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an autoimmune inflammatory demyelinating disorder characterized by recurrent attacks of optic neuritis and longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis(LETM). Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as voiding dysfuntion are disturbing in LETM patients and has not been studied in this specific population
Sir, We report a 9-yr-old girl with a severe relapsing–remitting course of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) [who had a dramatic and -sustained improvement over a 2-yr period of treatment with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), the prodrug of mycophenolic acid. A 9-yr-old Caucasian girl, previously healthy, was admitted to A.