Transverse myelitis, MS (Multiple Sclerosis) and Injury

[Master Kim]

31 years old, female, injured by car accident, rear ended on 12/26/2015

Main symptom: Transverse myelitis - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transverse_myelitis


A photo from Wikipedia, upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Transverse_myelitis_MRI.jpg
Transverse myelitis, This 53 year old woman rapidly developed neurological symptoms, which resolved over the course of weeks. Followup MRI three months later demonstrated significant reduction is the size of the lesion. It is felt to be consistent with transverse myelitis.

Symptoms:

• Headache
• Neck pain
  
• Back pain (Lower and mid)
  
• Left leg has a sensation of pins and needles traveling up from the feet and almost total loss of sensation at skin level, which is understood that she has MS (Multiple Sclerosis).
  
• Stiffness at left ankle and knee
  

No other medical treatments were able to alleviate the pains and left leg's problems mentioned above.
Thus, she went through three MRIs, which discovered that her spine has lesion.
Doctors think that there are two possibilities:

• She had that lesion even before the car accident but it was not active enough to cause the above symptoms and the car accident has triggered them.
  
• The injury has caused the lesion, which has resulted in the above symptoms.

However, they know the fact that there is nothing they can do to help her.

Day 1, Treatment 1, Tue. 4/12/16
She was very skeptical about acupuncture because all other medical treatments have failed.

In:

• Frontal headache: 8~9/10
• Cervicalgia: 6/10
  
• Low back pain: 8~9/10
• Stiff left knee and ankle
• No sensation on left leg

Out:

• No pain
  
• Started to have a little bit of sensation back

[Master Kim]

Day 9, Treatment 2, Wed. 4/20/16

In:

• Frontal headache: 6/10
• Mid back pain: 7/10

Out:

• No pain
• No stiffness on left knee and ankle
  
• Better sensation on left leg
  

[Master Kim]

Day 10, Treatment 3, Thu. 4/21/16

In:

• No other pains than Mid back pain at 6/10

Out:

• Mid back pain: 1/10
  
• Sensation on her left leg:
  
• • Anterior: 20~40 % (30 % in average)
    
  • Posterior: 45~50 %
  
  
  

[Master Kim]

Day 17, Treatment 4, Thu. 4/28/16

In:

• No pain
  
• Left leg's sensation: anterior and posterior with 45% and 50%, respectively

Out:

• Left leg's sensation: anterior and posterior with 50% and 57%, respectively
  

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 22, Treatment 5, Tue, 5/3/16

In:

• No pain
  
• Left leg's sensation with 48% and 60~70% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 52% and 65~66% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 23, Treatment 6, Wed. 5/4/16

In:

• No pain
  
• Left leg's sensation with 51% and 65% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 56~57% and 67~68% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 24, Treatment 7, Thu. 5/5/16

In:

• No pain
  
• Left leg's sensation with 57% and 68% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 58% and 70% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 32, Treatment 8, Thu. 5/12/16

In:

• No pain
  
• Left leg's sensation with 65% and 68% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 70% and 71% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 34, Treatment 9, Sun. 5/15/16

In:

• No pain
  
• Left leg's sensation with 70% and 73~74% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 72% and 75% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 40, Treatment 10, Sat. 5/21/16

In:

• No pain
• She has had flu and sneezing for 4 days.
  
• Left leg's sensation with 70% and 73% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 71~72% and 73~74% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 43, Treatment 11, Tue. 5/24/16

In:

• No pain
• She has had flu and sneezing for 7 days although the last treatment has helped her flu a lot. Her heat rate was 112 pulses/min when she came in last time.
  
• Left leg's sensation with 70% and 72% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 71~72% and 74% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 45, Treatment 12, Thu. 5/26/16

In:

• No pain
• She has had flu and sneezing for 9 days although the last treatment has helped her flu a lot. The seldom dry cough is the only symptom she has.
  
• Left leg's sensation with 72~73% and 74% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 73~74% and 75% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Before at 7:31 PM	After at 8:16 PM

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 52, Treatment 13, Thu. 6/2/16

In:

• No pain
• Left leg's sensation with 74~75% and 77% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 77% and 79~80% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Before at 7:12 PM	After at 8:27 PM

Before at 7:12 PM	After at 8:28 PM

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 57, Treatment 14, Tue. 6/7/16

In:

• No pain
• Left leg's sensation with 77~78% and 79~80% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 80% and 81% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Before at 7:06 PM	After at 8:30 PM

Before at 7:06 PM	After at 8:30 PM

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 60, Treatment 15, Fri. 6/10/16

In:

• No pain
• Left leg's sensation with 80% and 81% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 83% and 83~84% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Before at 6:41 PM	After at 7:39 PM

Before at 6:41 PM	After at 7:40 PM

Sensation Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 64, Treatment 16, Tue. 6/14/16

In:

• No pain
• Left leg's sensation with 85% and 87% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 86% and 88% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Before at 7:06 PM	After at 8:18 PM

Before at 7:06 PM	After at 8:18 PM

Sensitivity Trend

[Master Kim]

Day 65, Treatment 17, Wed. 6/15/16

In:

• No pain
• Left leg's sensation with 88% and 88% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Out: Left leg's sensation with 89% and 89% at anterior and posterior, respectively

Before at 7:15 PM	After at 7:51 PM

Before at 7:15 PM	After at 7:51 PM

Sensitivity Trend