But, if you both would have a small demyelination, how come one hand damage
versus whole body damage? Janice
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To: "Grace M." <[email protected]>; "Janice" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2009 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [TMIC] TM
*Yes, a small lesion can affect a relatively small part of the body.
Myelitis simply means inflammation of the spinal cord. Transverse, means
*across*.*
True transverse myelitis results in para or quadra plegia depending on the
level of demyelination.
I have a very small area of demyelination- C6, right side of spinal cord,
size of a small pea- but it results affecting my whole body from my
shoulders down. So you have a small lesion affecting an incredibly large
area of the body.
It's a bit like a gun shot wound- through my hand minimal treatment,
through my heart maximum treatment, through my head death!
My two cents
F
