Yes, I have known for years that 3 to 4% of persons with traumatic spinal cord injuries get posttraumatic syndrome syringomyelia and I fell into that 3% with severe symptoms whereby I had to quit work.
Those "others" are able-bodied people who developed a form of syringomyelia called Chiari Malformation. Even though vastly different they have the same type of "syrinx." It is similar in that a Chiari Malformation it is an abnormal collection of CSF [cerebral spinal fluid] in the spinal cord (syrinx) and is also *confirmed *by cine MRI and causes severe or worsening symptoms. ~Lori On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 10:45 PM, Aaron Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > More info: "Approximately 3-4% of persons with traumatic SCI develop > clinically symptomatic PTS. A larger percentage of persons have clinically > silent syrinx cavities diagnosed by imaging techniques." > > http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/322348-overview > > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
