Sequelae symptoms of myelitis?

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What myelitis says is easy to understand. One thing is the inflammation of the spinal cord. Of course, there are many kinds of causes of myelitis. What is said in traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine is also different. What are the sequelae symptoms of myelitis? Now let me tell you something.

Sequelae symptoms of myelitis?

Symptoms: a few days or 1-2 weeks before the disease, often have a history of upper respiratory tract or intestinal infection, vaccination history, or cold, overwork, weight-bearing, sprain and other incentives. The onset of the disease is rapid. Complete paraplegia can occur in a few hours to 1-2 days. Some patients had back pain, girdle feeling, numbness, weakness and other symptoms before onset, and gradually developed to complete paralysis after a few days to more than ten days.

The clinical symptoms of myelitis can vary according to the location and scope of the lesion. Because of the long segment of the thoracic spinal cord and the poor blood supply of some segments, the lesions often involve the thoracic spinal cord. The first symptoms are numbness and weakness of both lower limbs, back pain in the corresponding part of the lesion, band feeling, or dysuria.

Signs: transverse spinal cord injury below the lesion level can be seen. There were complete motor paralysis, disappearance of deep and shallow sensation, Hypohidrosis or anhidrosis and sphincter dysfunction. In shock stage, limb paralysis showed flaccid paralysis, low muscle tension, low or disappeared tendon reflex, negative pathological signs, and disappeared abdominal wall reflex and testicular reflex; In the convalescent period, the muscle tension was increased, the tendon reflex was hyperactive, and the pathological signs were positive.

matters needing attention

Cold, overwork, trauma and other reasons can also induce the onset of myelitis in varying degrees, and the complications of myelitis are various, so patients must do a good job in the care of myelitis, usually do a good job in keeping warm, do not let their affected area bear the secondary injury, in the diet also should pay attention to avoid stimulating food.