Posted by: The Sumaira Foundation in NMO, Proche-aidant.e, Professionnels de santé, Voices of NMO
I am a caregiver to my daughter, Nell, who was diagnosed with NMO at age 9. Prior to her diagnosis, she was an active, vibrant girl playing travel lacrosse, robustly healthy and energetic. Then out of nowhere, she developed nausea and dizziness, which was thought to be a nonspecific virus, but when it persisted and […]
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I was a young resident at the University of Verona’s, Neurology Unit when I met a woman with rapidly evolving extensive myelitis. I first thought about NMOSD and asked our laboratory to analyse her serum for anti-AQP4. I performed the spinal tap and asked for an infectious and autoimmune screening, but the analyses were within […]
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It was over a decade ago, but I remember it like yesterday, the first patient I looked after with NMOSD. Actually, there were two of them in the same neuroimmunology clinic. Both patients had a profound effect on me and have continued to influence other decisions I have made in my career since that time. […]
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Maureen is a nurse. She worked in neurocritical care at Johns Hopkins Hospital for many years before she had ever heard of NMO. But in 2007, shortly after Dr. Benjamin Greenberg joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins, he recruited her to work with him in neuroimmunology. It was there that she first came into contact […]
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Like many physician-researchers in my field, I spend a lot of time thinking about NMO, both inside and outside of the clinic. The science of NMO is fascinating to me and I have been very excited to see how much the field has changed over the past decade. I have been inspired by many patients […]
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My name is Tracey Cho. I am a neurologist and a teacher. I specialize in autoimmune and infectious neurology, treating diseases like NMO, NMDA receptor encephalitis, HSV encephalitis, chronic meningitis, and neurosarcoidosis. I have also been a clerkship director (teaching medical students neurology) and residency director (mentoring neurologists in training). I have spent most of […]
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My name is Brian Weinshenker and I am a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. I established a career as an MS specialist and have had an interest in conditions that mimic MS and issues relating to the accuracy of MS diagnosis. Neurologists have no specific tests for MS; a diagnosis is established […]
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I was an on-call intern late one night at the Johns Hopkins Hospital when I met a young woman who presented with weakness and pain in her legs. This was her third admission to the hospital in the past 6 months despite her doctor’s best effort to treat her for multiple sclerosis (MS). “I don’t […]
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