COVID-19

Transverse Myelitis – Culprit behind Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials halt?

Oxford / AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine trials are temporarily suspended after a participant developed an unexplained illness. This illness is suspected to be “Transverse Myelitis”
In this lecture, Dr. Aizaz talks about:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Non-technical overview of Brain and nervous system
04:02 What is myelin sheath
07:48 Destruction Myelin sheath (Demyelination)
08:23 Auto-immune attack of myelin sheath proteins (Molecular Mimicry)
12:08 Clinical features (Signs & Symptoms) of Transverse Myelitis
18:19 Prognosis of Transverse Myelitis
18:44 Why we don’t need to panic