THE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS ASSOCIATION

Advocating for those with acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, mog antibody-associated disease, neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder, optic neuritis and transverse myelitis (including acute flaccid myelitis)

Symptoms include: blurred or loss of vision; fatigue; nerve pain and sensory loss; depression; bladder and bowel dysfunction; weakness or paralysis.

Acute Inflammatory Attack in the spinal cord, brain or optic nerve that damages motor and sensory nerves. Very little is understood about: the mechanism of the disorders; viral, bacterial or fungal infections; genetic predisposition and interaction with environmental factors.

any age or gender; 25 to 30% are children (depending on the disorder); any ethnicity or geographic location.

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UPDATES & INSPIRATION

Feeling Good at the TMA Quality of Life Family Camp

The MOG Project at The TMA

In Memory of Alex

My TM Journey

Rare but not Defeated - My MOG Story

Transverse Myelitis Network Gathering at Spinal Life Australia

A Day of Awareness: The 2018 Northeast Ohio Walk-Run-N-Roll

New Research Presented at American Academy of Neurology Meeting

Finally Diagnosed: A New MOG Test Reveals the Truth

Announcing the 2018 Regional Rare Neuro-Immune Disorders Symposium

The TMA at the American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting

My Transverse Myelitis Journey

Studying the Pathology of Transverse Myelitis Through Biopsies

Serum IL-27 and IL-35 levels and disease severity in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorders

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