I remember from my 10th grade science classes this movement along some of the smooth muscles called peristalsis or peristaltic movement. It is what moves our food through the gut after exiting down the stomach.
But it also controls the peristaltic or wave movement of the cilia linings of the lungs, which are little hair like things that slowly move any foreign things out of the lungs, where they can be coughed out. If these cilia become inactive due to their nerves not responding, then there could indeed be trouble with infections, since the lungs have no capability to defend themselves against infection. T.M. could affect these nerves even while allowing the diaphragm to be working mostly OK. What about it? Dalton From: Cody <c...@austin.rr.com> Date: Thursday, 30 January 2012 10:02 PM To: Janice Nichols <jan...@centurytel.net>, john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> Cc: transverse myelitis <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] tm and the lungs Resent-From: <tmic-list@eskimo.com> Resent-Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 19:02:31 -0700 Thanks Janice. You know I have really enjoyed this machine. I get much better rest now. I thought I would hate it.............Cody From: Janice Nichols <mailto:jan...@centurytel.net> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 7:31 PM To: Cody <mailto:c...@austin.rr.com> ; john snodgrass <mailto:jcs...@yahoo.com> Cc: transverse myelitis <mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] tm and the lungs In everything I have read on TM and the problems that go with it, I would say you are right when you say we are compromised with our immune systems. Hope you get to where you will not need the bipap machine for long. Janice From: Cody <mailto:c...@austin.rr.com> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 1:36 PM To: john snodgrass <mailto:jcs...@yahoo.com> Cc: transverse myelitis <mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> Subject: Re: [TMIC] tm and the lungs I was in ICU last December for two weeks with I very serious lung infection that required antibiotics into my bloodstream with a pic line and with incubation and feeding tubes. The doctors told me they could not tell if the infection began in my lungs or my bladder. I now have to use a bipap machine when I sleep. Still don't know if it was related my TM but my guess is the TM has compromised my entire immune system. I had an entire regiment of specialist including pulmonologist, neurologist, internist, radiologist, gastroenterologist, and probably others that I forgot. Anyway I was a pretty sick guy but they got me fixed......Cody in Austin Sent from my iPad On Aug 30, 2012, at 9:57 AM, john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > makes sense. > > > > > > > > From: Mary Anne Egan <mae...@thestettlergroup.com> > To: john snodgrass <jcs...@yahoo.com> > Cc: transverse myelitis <tmic-list@eskimo.com> > Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: [TMIC] tm and the lungs > > > > > > My daughter has lung issues second to tm but it is due to her level of loss > which causes lung issues and weakness which results in her scarring etc > > Make sense? > > Mary Anne Egan > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 6:45 PM, john snodgrass < <mailto:jcs...@yahoo.com> > jcs...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > >> >> >> >> i would wonder about it in that the nervous system can effect the >> lungs,,,like Jim,,,so perhaps the spasms or whatever happens to those that >> have the lung troubhle just may have scar tissue,,but i would think that it >> would be to those that are using a ventilator >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Janice Nichols < <mailto:jan...@centurytel.net> jan...@centurytel.net> >> To: jeff bernier < <mailto:jeffsmokeea...@yahoo.com> >> jeffsmokeea...@yahoo.com>; <mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> >> tmic-list@eskimo.com >> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 6:19 PM >> Subject: Re: [TMIC] tm and the lungs >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Have never heard of that before. >> >> Janice >> >> >> >> >> >> >> From: jeff bernier <mailto:jeffsmokeea...@yahoo.com> >> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 10:36 AM >> >> To: <mailto:tmic-list@eskimo.com> tmic-list@eskimo.com >> >> Subject: [TMIC] tm and the lungs >> >> >> >> >> ive been having a debate with another tmr on face book over this,she insist >> that tm can leave scar tissue and cause inflamation of the lungs,in all the >> research ive done over the last 13 years i have never heard of this,am i >> wrong? >> >> > >
