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A Rare Neurological Condition Has Been Linked to COVID-19 in 21 Countries
https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 28 APRIL 2021 | DAVID NIELD

Posted on 04/28/2021 7:12:00 AM PDT by Red Badger

MRI showing inflammation of the spinal cord. (Roman et al., Frontiers in Immunology, 2021)

It feels like it's been a lot longer, but the first case of COVID-19 was officially recorded in December 2019. Researchers are continuing to investigate the full effects of this disease, including unusual ones, and a new analysis has now linked the infection to a rare neurological condition.

Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) – an inflammation of the spinal cord which can cause pain, paralysis and sensory problems – was identified in 43 adult COVID-19 cases across 21 countries, with patient ages ranging from 21 to 73, and also 3 children aged 3 to 14 years old.

The review collects together previous research and case reports, and according to the team behind it, the data are enough to warrant further investigation. In any given year, the incidence of ATM is estimated to be just 1.34 to 4.6 cases per million people.

By contrast, during a 10-month period, the incidence of ATM amongst COVID-19 patients alone has ended up being around 0.5 cases per million, setting off red flags for the researchers.

"We found ATM to be an unexpectedly frequent neurological complication of COVID-19," write the researchers. "Most cases (68 percent) had a latency of 10 days to 6 weeks that may indicate post-infectious neurological complications mediated by the host's response to the virus."

The new research adds to what we already know regarding COVID-19 and neurological complications: the disease has been associated with numerous nervous system issues, such as a lingering 'brain fog' effect.

In these 43 cases, spinal cord lesions were found to lead to quadriplegia and paraplegia, with other associated problems including a loss of bladder control. The research was undertaken after a case was discovered in Panama.

Further cases were then collected from scientific literature published between March 2020 to January 2021.

"This review confirms that ATM is not uncommon as a neurological complication associated with COVID-19 infection around the world, responsible perhaps for 1.2 percent of all neurological complications caused by this coronavirus," the team concludes.

Since ATM is known to be an immune-mediated condition (meaning the primary cause is unclear, but there's an involvement of our immune system and inflammatory processes in the body), the researchers indicate there are some potential immune mechanisms that could explain how SARS-CoV-2 may lead to ATM.

Furthermore, the team also notes that three ATM cases occurred in AstraZeneca vaccine trials. While each was investigated, the researchers note in this study that they might provide a clue as to the immune mechanisms involved.

"The pathogenesis of ATM remains unknown, but it is conceivable that SARS-CoV-2 antigens – perhaps also present in the AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine or its chimpanzee adenovirus adjuvant – may induce immune mechanisms leading to the myelitis," they write.

Further studies should help find more answers and the antigens involved, but it's another reminder that we're still a long way from understanding everything that COVID-19 brings with it, even as vaccines roll out across the world.

Previous research has identified complications with pregnancies for people who contract COVID-19, and there's also the ongoing problem of long COVID – those who suffer with symptoms for many months after largely getting through the initial illness.

While the coronavirus might be coming under control in more countries in the world – despite the threat of new strains – research into the effects of COVID-19 are going to carry on for a long time after the pandemic is over.

The research has been published in Frontiers in Immunology.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; History; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: atm; chinavirus; covid; inflammation; myelitis; neurological; sideeffects; spinalcord; virus
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To: null and void
"The review collects together previous research and case reports, and according to the team behind it, the data are enough to warrant further investigation. In any given year, the incidence of ATM is estimated to be just 1.34 to 4.6 cases per million people. By contrast, during a 10-month period, the incidence of ATM amongst COVID-19 patients alone has ended up being around 0.5 cases per million, setting off red flags for the researchers."

Okay people, help me out here. On an average given year they're saying 1.34 to 4.6 cases of ATM occurs without any help From Covid. Now you take a separate million people that HAVE Covid and .5 percent of them in a ten month period have contracted it.

Unless I'm mistaken, couldn't you infer that Covid actually REDUCES your likelihood of getting it? What am I missing here.

21 posted on 04/28/2021 9:15:34 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: dawn67yo

I love the medical term “idiopathic.” It’s shorthand for saying “we don’t have a clue.”


22 posted on 04/28/2021 9:16:48 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“If we were in a real pandemic, there’d be no need to declare it.”)
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To: Abathar

Ignore the word percent, suppose to be cases


23 posted on 04/28/2021 9:17:40 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: Abathar
What am I missing here.

I'd venture that we are all missing the first casualty in any war.

The truth.

24 posted on 04/28/2021 9:39:26 AM PDT by null and void (When you put bad people in charge expect bad things to happen, often in a spectacular and sudden way)
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To: David Chase

Low grade bioweapon, troll.


25 posted on 04/28/2021 10:03:20 AM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

at least they admit it....I guess that’s good :(


26 posted on 04/28/2021 10:11:13 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: metmom; SecAmndmt; ransomnote

IATBC


27 posted on 04/28/2021 10:17:25 AM PDT by Jane Long (America, Bless God....blessed be the Nation 🙏🏻🇺🇸)
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To: Jane Long

IATBC
~~~~~

Wut does IATBC mean?

I think they are methodically transferring all known harms of their vaccines to Covid-19 to a) scare people into taking the vaccine and b) excuse the observed neurological effects of the vaccine.
Most of the ‘cases’ of Covid-19 seem to be flu, because for some reason 38 million cases of flu ‘disappeared’ in 2020.

There are reports of ‘ground glass’ lung infection but those are not prevalent. SO there are other illneses present in addition to the flu in some but the PCR test doesn’t identify Covid, so we don’t know who has what and sadly, if they get a false positive, all treatment options were initially withheld, costing countless lives, and now said treatment options are limited and not intended for the ‘right’ illness.


28 posted on 04/28/2021 11:08:49 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: null and void

Let the pogroms begin


29 posted on 04/28/2021 11:39:10 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Red Badger
The review collects together previous research and case
reports, and according to the team behind it, the data are
enough to warrant further investigation. In any given year,
the incidence of ATM is estimated to be just 1.34 to 4.6
cases per million people.


By contrast, during a 10-month period, the incidence of ATM
amongst COVID-19 patients alone has ended up being around
0.5 cases per million
, setting off red flags for the researchers.
baloney

Using their own research, doesn't this indicate those who
had COVID-19 have a lower rate of ATM than the general
populace?

The percentage per million would not be added to the
percentage of the general populace. This is cases
per million in both groups. If anything, the COVID-19
group would contribute to a lowering of the full populace
percentage.
30 posted on 04/28/2021 11:48:30 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: Abathar

Yes.

I came to the same conclusion.

Someone doesn’t understand how to assess this data.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3954480/posts?page=30#30


31 posted on 04/28/2021 11:50:57 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: ransomnote

“There are reports of ‘ground glass’ lung infection but those are not prevalent”

Otherwise known as beriberi, or thiamine deficiency brought on by infection.

It is one reason why the “T” in the MATH+ covid19 treatment protocol is...drum roll...thiamine.

I did not know until recently that the MATH+ protocol was also a highly effective treatment for sepsis.


32 posted on 04/28/2021 1:58:48 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Aim small, miss small)
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To: SecAmndmt

WOW! THANK YOU! I didn’t know that. *runs to go share info with others*


33 posted on 04/28/2021 2:17:51 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: ransomnote; bagster; Jane Long; metmom

“WOW! THANK YOU! I didn’t know that. *runs to go share info with others*”

Check out articles by Bill Sardi on lewrockwell.com. Sardi might be one of the best health reporters around. He’s been talking cv19 for over a year. Unfortunately we cannot post lewrockwell on FR. Get the word out.


34 posted on 04/28/2021 3:46:36 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Aim small, miss small)
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To: DoughtyOne

“Someone doesn’t understand how to assess this data.”

Given that the scamdemic is disappeared by proper vitamin D blood levels, zinc intake, and reducing co-morbidities, looking at the data is about as pointless as self-stimulation.

We need to get life back to normal and stop listening to the public “health” nutcases.


35 posted on 04/28/2021 3:51:02 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Aim small, miss small)
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To: SecAmndmt

I tend to agree with you.


36 posted on 04/28/2021 3:59:35 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Folks, if you haven't yet, please start an automatic monthly for Jim and his crew.)
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To: sport

I almost couldn’t make it thru the whole video clip pic.twitter.com/tuDzguUKPh— nicoco✿ (@PetiteNicoco) April 28, 2021

Such a waste of a kinda hot girl

pic.twitter.com/etZK55ymSa— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 28, 2021


37 posted on 04/28/2021 4:33:04 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: ro_dreaming

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3954506/posts


38 posted on 04/28/2021 4:33:33 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: SecAmndmt

What is MATH + ?


39 posted on 04/28/2021 5:03:56 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
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To: Whenifhow; null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; ...

p


40 posted on 04/28/2021 6:09:05 PM PDT by bitt (People who wonder if the glass is half empty or half full miss the point. The glass is refillable.)
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