Talk:Transverse myelitis

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This article has a lot of scary statistics in it. I have two friends with TM (they don't know each other) and it would be good if there was proof of some basis in fact for these stats. I have added the unsourced statement tag so that it will highlight it on the global lists. Kert01 14:06, 26 April 2007 (UTC) These statistics may be scary but, they are true! I have done extensive research after having been hospitalized and diagnosed w/ transverse myelitis. Being a nurse, I have rather extensive research available to me through my schools and continuing education. Staistics say that 36% will recover completely, a bit better then the 20% stated in the article. Johns Hopkins remains the best place for info if you are willing to sit down and read an hour or more and just how indepth you want to get.---- Wendy E McGuire[reply]

What about me?

"Unfortunately, the prognosis for significant recovery from acute transverse myelitis is poor in approximately 80% of the cases; that is, significant long-term disabilities will remain." I had transverse myelitis three years ago and I can walk and even run just fine now. Does this mean that I'm incredibly massively lucky that I can even feel my lower extremities much less walk? Nick Warren

No Nick, one of my friends is now fine, and has recently done a walking marathon - it must be the article that is portraying things badly, and that's not good news. Kert01 11:16, 27 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I find this information to be accurate and true to what is in most literature (See www.myelitis.org). I also had an incident of acute TM in 2007 and required physical and occupational therapy, and lost the ability to walk and fine motor functions such as typing and writing and feeding myself, but regained those after four or so months, but continue with pain and spasticity to my arms and legs. Using a few people to describe the whole prognosis of a disease is not a valid statistic. Life long deficits and pain are not uncommon. ---- Jesse Rodriugez November 18th, 2008

I have a question. Does any one think this could be caused by aspertame in diet soda? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.239.252.212 (talk) 00:25, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No. 75.185.51.31 (talk) 04:27, 24 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I seriously doubt it. The immune system typically only responds to proteins, and not to specific compounds. Aspertame is similar to a dipeptide, but is much smaller than the kinds of things that antibodies usually react to. I think you're barking up the wrong tree on that one. Bloomingdedalus (talk) 06:54, 17 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Link to myelitis!

Hey I added a link to myelitis page in the see also section the myelitis article is fairly short, are they related not possibly merge? Zakster22` (talk) 12:05, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]