Directory of Arachnoiditis Resources

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Chronic inflammation of the arachnoid membrane surrounding the spinal cord, resulting in severe pain and disability. Causes include infection, injury, surgery, and injection of irritant substances.

Resources in This Category

• Arachnoiditis

  http://www.arachnoiditis.co.uk/
  Support site for this inflammatory condition, written by a sufferer. Includes tips for coping with symptoms.

• Arachnoiditis

  http://www.spineuniverse.com/conditions/spinal-disorders/arachnoiditis
  Introductory summary of the definition, symptoms, causes, and treatments.

• Arachnoiditis Foundation, Inc.

  http://www.arachnoiditis.com/
  Includes summary of latest research on symptoms, causes, and treatments. Source for the book "Arachnoiditis: The Silent Epidemic".

• Arachnoiditis Support Community Board

  http://arachnoiditissupport.yuku.com/
  Help and support from and for those with Arachnoiditis and chronic back pain.

• Burton Report Adhesive Arachnoiditis

  http://www.burtonreport.com/InfSpine/AdhesArachHomePage.htm
  Papers written for the public by a surgeon.

• Chronic adhesive arachnoiditis -- Aldrete et al. 93 (2): 301 -- British Journal of Anaesthesia

  http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/2/301.full
  Discussion and disagreement with the article "Obstetric epidurals and chronic adhesive arachnoiditis".

• Kbanshee's Metropomonkeypurpleopolis

  http://kbanshee.blogspot.com/
  Blog by an arachnoiditis patient.

• Life with Arachnoiditis

  http://www.lifewitharachnoiditis.com/
  Information and support for arachnoiditis, epidural fibrosis, failed back surgery syndrome, and adhesive arachnoiditis.

• Lumbo-sacral adhesive arachnoiditis: a review.

  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1292616/
  Article from Journal of Royal Society of Medicine.

• Obstetric epidurals and chronic adhesive arachnoiditis -- Rice et al. 92 (1): 109 -- British Journal of Anaesthesia

  http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/1/109.full
  Paper concluding that obstetric epidurals pose a low risk of causing chronic adhesive arachnoiditis.

• Obstetric epidurals and chronic adhesive arachnoiditis -- Talbot et al. 92 (6): 902 -- British Journal of Anaesthesia

  http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/92/6/902.full
  Letters to the editor discussing the article "Obstetric epidurals and chronic adhesive arachnoiditis".

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