Patient's question:
What should be done about acute spinal cord inflammation in children? On the afternoon of February 15, 2012, a 9-year-old child accidentally stepped on a classmate's foot and fell down. After they fell, they suddenly felt numb. Then they breathed a sigh of relief. On the way home from school, they felt extremely weak in all four limbs, unable to walk, and experienced incontinence.Doctor's answer:
Acute spinal cord inflammation is a non-specific inflammation of the spinal cord. The treatment of this disease mainly includes the following aspects: 1. First, anti-inflammatory treatment should be carried out. Corticosteroid drugs have strong anti-inflammatory effects and are the first-line drugs. Intravenous drip can be used in the early stage, and oral drugs can be used later. 2. Dehydration, due to spinal cord inflammation causing edema, so dehydration treatment is a very important means to relieve symptoms. 3. Improve microcirculation, increase blood supply to the spinal cord, mainly using drugs for intravenous drip. 4. Improve the nutritional metabolism of the nervous system, mainly using drugs such as vitamins for treatment.