Transverse myelitis is a neurological disorder that causes both sides of part of the spinal cord to become inflamed. In most cases, this causes damage to the myelin, the insulation material that ...

Jezdimir Transverse Myelitis Foundation, raising money for UAB TM research ... “This damage causes nervous system scars that interrupt communications between the nerves in the spinal cord and the rest ...

Transverse myelitis is a disorder of the nervous system linked to inflammation of the spinal cord. It is very rare, affecting approximately one percent of patients with lupus. It usually begins ...

Later, she was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, which paralyzed her from the chest down by the time she was 28. The disease involves inflammation of the spinal cord. “Saving Melissa” was a ...