Transverse Myelitis is a neurological condition that affects the central nervous system. This is an extremely rare disease and is only diagnosed in 1-4 out of a million people per year. Though reactions are varied, it occasionally results in paralysis, as it did with David.
by Chitra Krishnan , Adam I. Kaplin, Deepa M. Deshpande, Carlos A. Pardo and Douglas A. Kerr
"Transverse Myelitis (TM) is a clinical syndrome in which an immune-mediated process causes neural injury to the spinal cord, resulting in varying degrees of weakness, sensory alterations and autonomic dysfunction."