Prognosis of myelitis

The prognosis of myelitis is quite good, 80% of them can recover, unless there is a delay in treatment, a few of them may have sequelae, and there may be a decrease in muscle strength of the limbs, i.e. walking may be a little broken or broken. However, after active treatment, the patient can recover through rehabilitation. Unless it is ascending myelitis, failure to reach a hospital with better conditions and no ventilator equipment may lead to sudden respiratory and cardiac arrest and failure to resuscitate, which is generally rare. If not treated in time, it is also possible that muscle strength will slowly recover after two weeks. For examination, electromyography and MRI are usually chosen, and a full spinal cord segment scan may be required in order to determine where the lesion is located. The cost of treatment are a bit expensive, gammaglobulin is more than 500 yuan a bottle, 2.5 g. According to the weight, older children are relatively more expensive, and can also be treated with hormone nutrition nerve.