Myelitis is a disease involving inflammation of the spinal cord,[1] which disrupts central nervous system functions linking the brain and limbs. The name is derived from Greek myelós referring to the "spinal cord", and the suffix -itis, which denotes inflammation.[2] [edit] Symptoms and signs Symptoms vary by region of the CNS affected, and include fever, headaches, tingling, pain or loss of feeling, and may extend to central or peripheral paresis and loss of bladder control. Meningeal signs may develop. [edit] Prognosis Untreated myelitis may rapidly lead to a permanently damaged spinal cord.. [edit] See also [edit] References | Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G04–G47, 323–349) | | Brain/
encephalopathy | | | | | | | | | | | autoimmune ( Multiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, Schilder's disease) · hereditary ( Adrenoleukodystrophy, Alexander, Canavan, Krabbe, ML, PMD, VWM, MFC, CAMFAK syndrome) · Central pontine myelinolysis · Marchiafava-Bignami disease · Alpers' | | | | | | | | | | | Other | | | | Spinal cord/
myelopathy | | | | Both/either | | | | central nervous system navs: anat/physio/dev, noncongen/congen/neoplasia, symptoms+signs/eponymous, proc | | | Inflammation | | | Acute | | | | Chronic | | | | Processes | | | | Specific types | | | CNS ( Encephalitis, Myelitis) · Meningitis ( Arachnoiditis) · PNS ( Neuritis) · eye ( Dacryoadenitis, Scleritis, Keratitis, Choroiditis, Retinitis, Chorioretinitis, Blepharitis, Conjunctivitis, Iritis, Uveitis) · ear ( Otitis, Labyrinthitis, Mastoiditis) | | | | | | | | | | | | mouth ( Stomatitis, Gingivitis, Gingivostomatitis, Glossitis, Tonsillitis, Sialadenitis/ Parotitis, Cheilitis, Pulpitis, Gnathitis) · tract ( Esophagitis, Gastritis, Gastroenteritis, Enteritis, Colitis, Enterocolitis, Duodenitis, Ileitis, Caecitis, Appendicitis, Proctitis) · accessory ( Hepatitis, Cholangitis, Cholecystitis, Pancreatitis) · Peritonitis | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
