Common Causes Of Syringomyelia

Meningitis

Meningitis is a disease characterized by the swelling and irritation of the brain and spinal cords protective membrane coverings or the meninges. Usually this inflammation is due to a viral or bacterial cerebrospinal fluid infection, however, it can be caused by other less common things. The infection itself can cause significant damage to the brain and spinal cord, however, the body's unbalanced inflammatory defense response is known to cause the most damage to the spinal cord and brain. Both the bacteria or virus causing meningitis and the defense response from the body can cause abnormal clotting within the spinal fluids, and a build-up of cerebral spinal fluid pressure within the brain and spinal cord. Both factors can induce the development of one or more fluid-filled cysts within the spinal cord tissues. Inflammation of the meninges can also induce inflammation of the arachnoid, which is also a common cause for a patient to develop fluid-filled cysts (syringomyelia).

Learn more about the common causes of syringomyelia now.