How to Use myelitis in a Sentence

myelitis

noun

• Previous cases of acute flaccid myelitis and death in children have also now been linked to the virus.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022
• News quickly came to light that the illness might be transverse myelitis, though, which was first reported from an anonymous source of The New York Times.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 9 Sep. 2020
• It had recently been linked with acute flaccid myelitis.
  — Roxanne Khamsi, Scientific American, 16 Feb. 2022
• Transverse myelitis is an inflammation of a section of the spinal cord, according to the Mayo Clinic.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 27 Sep. 2017
• The New York Times had quoted a source saying a trial volunteer had transverse myelitis.
  — Elizabeth Cohen, CNN, 12 Sep. 2020
• But the myelitis alone can also occur after the body encounters an infectious agent like a virus.
  — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020
• The case was first thought to be acute flaccid myelitis, a condition that can mimic polio, and is likely caused by a different virus.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 16 Aug. 2022
• Models show the same pattern for enterovirus D68, and probably for acute flaccid myelitis too.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 16 Mar. 2021
• The poliolike syndrome, called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, is very rare.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
• The condition Ardis referenced is called acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM.
  — Miriam Fauzia, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
• In the lead-up to his exit from the group, Jordison was hospitalized in 2012 and was diagnosed with transverse myelitis, which impacted his legs.
  — Jolie Lash, EW.com, 27 July 2021
• His condition, called acute flaccid myelitis, is thought to be caused by infection from viruses in the same family as the germ that causes polio.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2019
• The next year, he was diagnosed with acute transverse myelitis, a spinal cord disorder that led to temporary paralysis.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
• In particular, The New York Times later reported that the patient had transverse myelitis, which is a rare syndrome that is sometimes caused by viruses.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020
• Acute flaccid myelitis is a rare but serious condition that affects the nervous system -- specifically, the area of the spinal cord called gray matter.
  — Michael Nedelman, CNN, 9 July 2019
• Questions unanswered: Acute flaccid myelitis strikes active 4-year-old.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2019
• That’s the strongest evidence so far that an enterovirus is to blame, said scientists and doctors who have been studying the illness, which is formally known as acute flaccid myelitis.
  — Erin Allday, SFChronicle.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• After a visit to the emergency room, doctors diagnosed Liz with transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord, which left her paralyzed from the waist down.
  — Sheeka Sanahori, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2017
• A decade later, and another researcher named Matthew Vogt was studying a syndrome that had only been classified in the subsequent years, picking up the name acute flaccid myelitis.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 May 2022
• Worse, as in this child’s highly unusual case, such blockage can cause transverse myelitis — inflammation of the spinal cord — leading to paralysis.
  — Mark E. Bruley, Philly.com, 15 Sep. 2017
• AstraZeneca declined to comment on the location of the participant and did not confirm the diagnosis of transverse myelitis.
  — Katie Thomas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2020
• Transverse myelitis can sometimes be the first sign of multiple sclerosis, which involves more complex symptoms.
  — New York Times, 19 Sep. 2020
• For four years, her doctor prescribed the 61-year-old a wide range of opioids for her transverse myelitis, a debilitating disease that caused pain, muscle weakness and paralysis.
  — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
• There's a new government warning about acute flaccid myelitis, or AFM, a serious polio-like illness that mainly strikes young children.
  — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 10 July 2019
• Health officials call the condition acute flaccid myelitis.
  — Mike Stobbe, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
• Ten years ago, attorney Marc Schechter developed a sudden painful condition known as transverse myelitis, an inflammation of the spinal cord.
  — Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 24 Apr. 2018
• According to a paper that came out last week, the missing-in-action list also includes enterovirus D68, a likely culprit behind the polio-like kids’ disease acute flaccid myelitis.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 16 Mar. 2021
• In rare instances, vaccines have triggered cases of transverse myelitis; although it can also be caused by viral infections.
  — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 9 Sep. 2020
• Scientists have found the strongest evidence yet that a virus is to blame for a mysterious and rare illness, called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, that can start like the sniffles but quickly paralyze children.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
• Transverse myelitis produces a set of symptoms involving inflammation along the spinal cord that can cause pain, muscle weakness and paralysis.
  — Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo, CNN, 15 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024