Re: steriods

MARY L MAXWELL (MLMOHM(AT)prodigy.net)
Wed, 15 Oct 1997 16:06:01 -0000

Guillian-Barre progress up the body TM does not. They are "cousins" and
usallu the Doctor rules one of them out by spinal tap. Mary
mlmohm(AT)prodigy.net

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> From: Marsden51(AT)aol.com
> To: tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: steriods
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 1997 7:19 PM
>
> In a message dated 97-10-10 13:45:43 EDT, you write:
>
> << I'm not a doctor, this is just what I have been told by doctors and in
my
> reading. I also had thought that Guillian-Barre syndrome was a close
cousin
> to TM - for some
> inexplicable reason the immune system attacks the myelin sheath of the
> peripheral nerves instead of the spinal cord. >>
>
> Joyce:
>
> Just a comment:
> I know a man who had an attack of Guillian-Barre syndrome and recovered
after
> several months. Ten years later his younger brother was diagnosed with
MS.
>
> Sharon Marsden
>