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

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

Arizona’s TMA Community Gets Inspired

Author Night with Margaret Peterson Haddix

New Study on Scrambler Therapy for the Treatment of Neuropathic Pain in NMOSD

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