Author: John Murphy, CEO, The COVID-19 Long Haul Foundation Abstract Background Transverse myelitis (TM) is an uncommon inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord characterized by acute or subacute neurological dysfunction […]
COVID-19–Associated Transverse Myelitis: Immunopathogenesis, Genomic Susceptibility, Clinical Phenotypes, Diagnostic Advances, Therapeutic Strategies, and Long-Term Outcomes
Abstract Transverse myelitis (TM) is an inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord characterized by acute or subacute development of bilateral motor, sensory, and autonomic dysfunction attributable to focal spinal cord […]
🧪 What Long-Term Safety Studies Are Still Needed for COVID Vaccines?
Despite billions of doses administered, some areas remain under-researched: 🔹 Obstetric and Reproductive Health 🔹 Cancer Risk 🔹 Autoimmune and Neurological Conditions 📉 Limitations of Current Safety Models Critics argue […]
Acute Transverse Myelitis (ATM): An Unexpectedly Frequent Complication of COVID-19
Todd Ackerman A Houston Methodist-led team of researchers have found COVID-19 can result in an unexpectedly frequent occurrence of acute transverse myelitis (ATM), a rare but often devastating spinal cord […]
Could COVID-19 Be Causing This Rare Spinal Cord Disorder?
Can COVID-19 cause a rare spinal condition called transverse myelitis? Learn what TM is and see the evidence connecting the two conditions. The year 2020 has been one for the […]
Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study
BMJ 2024; 384 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmj.q488 (2024) The largest vaccine safety study to date has identified two new, but very rare, side effects associated with covid-19 vaccines—transverse myelitis and acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. The Global Vaccine […]
COVID-19 and emerging spinal cord complications: A systematic review
Ritwick Mondal,a Shramana Deb,b Gourav Shome,c Upasana Ganguly,a Durjoy Lahiri,a,d,⁎ and Julián Benito-Leóne,f,g,⁎⁎ Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2021 Jun; 51: 102917.Published online 2021 Mar 21. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.102917 PMCID: PMC7981271 PMID: 33845350 Abstract Background : Spinal cord complications associated with coronavirus infectious disease […]
Spinal cord involvement in COVID-19: A review
Ravindra Kumar Garg,1 Vimal Kumar Paliwal,2 and Ankit Gupta2 J Spinal Cord Med. 2023; 46(3): 390–404. Published online 2021 Mar 11. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2021.1888022 PMCID: PMC10114972PMID: 33705268 Abstract Context: Recent literature points towards myelitis, like encephalitis, as a common central […]
Coronavirus and the Nervous System
What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Coronaviruses are common causes of usually mild to moderate upper respiratory tract illnesses like the common cold, with […]
Coronavirus and the Nervous System
What is SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19? What do we know about the effects of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 on the nervous system? What are the immediate (acute) effects of SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 on the […]