My gosh, you have been thru a lot!!! I truly don't think the auto accident caused the TM. If you read up on it you'll find no one truly knows as yet. The closest one is Dr. Kerr and his group at Johns Hopkins. But the TM is thought to be caused by your body's own immune system attacking that area in your spinal cord. The car accident would be considered a 'spinal cord injury'. Does that make sense? Jeanne in Dayton -------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 3/2/2009 7:13:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [TMIC] Rashes & TM I have what may be a silly question, after reading the post about rashes and hives. Long before I was diagnosed with TM, I had the toenail fungus that thickens and makes your toenails (& fingernails) turn yellow. I was embarrassed to say anything to my PCP until after TM attacked me. Then a circular rash appeared on my left wrist shortly before my lower extremities went numb. Then the rash appeared on my lower back. I finally got a referral to a dermatologist who took one look and a scraping of my back and wrist and said it was a fungus then gave me a prescription for Lamisil. Been taking it for 2 months and almost finished with it. The whole point of this comes down to this question: could this virus have caused my immune system to turn traitor and attack my body? I've had all kinds of tests for cancer and MS which have all been negative (so far) and my neuro cannot give me a cause or reason. I've also read where auto accidents can cause TM, injury to the spinal cord. I was the driver when I was hit broadside in March. I didn't have any injuries except a badly bruised left arm and a stiff and sore neck. After both legs went numb in May, I had an MRI which showed a lesion at C1-2. In September the lesion was gone after months of Prednisone. So I'm also wondering if the accident could have been the beginning. My neuro says no, but I have to wonder.
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