How To Treat Transverse Myelitis

Intravenous Corticosteroids

Intravenous corticosteroids are typically the first-line treatment for transverse myelitis. They're administered through a patient's arm over several days. Corticosteroids are artificial drugs that resemble the hormone cortisol. They have the same effect on the body that natural cortisol has when it's secreted by the adrenal gland. Steroids decrease inflammation. When they're administered intravenously, the drugs target inflammation throughout the body, including the inflammation in the spinal cord. Corticosteroids also reduce the immune system's activity, which can be beneficial, as there is some research indicating there might be an autoimmune component to transverse myelitis, in which the immune system attacks the spinal cord and causes inflammation.

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