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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.
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- noun A
neuropathic disease caused by theinflammation of thearachnoid , one of themembranes that surround and protect thenerves of thespinal cord .
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Examples
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If the name arachnoiditis makes you imagine “land of the spiders,” that’s no coincidence: the nerve network that the immune system begins to demyelinate looks something like a spider web’s intricate fibers spanning out from the lower spinal cord.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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If the name arachnoiditis makes you imagine “land of the spiders,” that’s no coincidence: the nerve network that the immune system begins to demyelinate looks something like a spider web’s intricate fibers spanning out from the lower spinal cord.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Known as arachnoiditis, this devastating autoimmune disorder can lead to paralysis in the legs and turn life threatening as it attacks nerves throughout the lower organs of the body, even shutting down the bladder and bowels.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Known as arachnoiditis, this devastating autoimmune disorder can lead to paralysis in the legs and turn life threatening as it attacks nerves throughout the lower organs of the body, even shutting down the bladder and bowels.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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What follows is a short list of foods: For more information, especially on how special diets may help in arachnoiditis, see Arachnoiditis: The Silent Epidemic, by J.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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What follows is a short list of foods: For more information, especially on how special diets may help in arachnoiditis, see Arachnoiditis: The Silent Epidemic, by J.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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I was diagnosed with MS back in the mid-'90s and also a condition called adhesive arachnoiditis.
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The surgery had triggered arachnoiditis, a disease causing inflammation of all the spinal nerves.
Make Miracles in Forty Days Melody Beattie 2010
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I was diagnosed with MS back in the mid-'90s and also a condition called adhesive arachnoiditis.
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There is no cure for arachnoiditis and treatment options are limited to pain relief similar to treatments for other chronic pain conditions.
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