Encyclopedia: Arachnoiditis
Arachnoiditis is a neuropathic disease caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the central nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord. The arachnoid can become severely inflamed because of adverse reactions to chemicals and/or steroids, infection from bacteria or viruses, as the result of direct injury to the spine, chronic compression of spinal nerves, or complications from spinal...
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How do you know when your diagnosis of arachnoiditis progresses to adhesive arachnoiditis?
I am already in a great deal of pain with progressive worsening of neuropathic symptoms...
I am already in a great deal of pain with progressive worsening of neuropathic symptoms...
www.arachnoiditis.com - Have you found this website? An exerpt: As far as medical history is known, it is likely that arachnoiditis (ARC) was present in the spines of some Egyptian mummies...
Asked by journeyinprogress - 20 months ago
Has anyone with arachnoiditis been given gastrographin and what were the effects?
I have arachnoiditis because I had 2 mylogrames despite a known iodine allergy, now I...
I have arachnoiditis because I had 2 mylogrames despite a known iodine allergy, now I...
Seems a bit of an extreme way to cure a fear of spiders :))
Asked by Thinker - 19 months ago
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