Adhesive Arachnoiditis is a disorder which causes severe, chronic, intractable pain. It is the inflammation of one of the spinal
cord coverings (meninges), the middle meninges, the arachnoid tissue and traversing nerve roots that causes Adhesive
Arachnoiditis. The inflammation causes the nerve roots to become adherent to each other and to the meninges, this is what
causes the pain. Adhesive Arachnoiditis can be progressive in some cases. It can also cause loss of motor function,
numbness, tingling, loss of bladder and bowel function, the sensation of walking on rocks or glass, burning, groin pain and
can, in some rare instances, cause paralysis. There is currently NO CURE.
Treatment for Adhesive Arachnoiditis is primarily pain management, and includes the myriad of pain management continuum
starting with pharmacological treatments followed by spinal injectional modalities. The providers of this facility have
encountered promising results in selected afflicted patients using spinal cord stimulation and/or Intrathecal drug delivery
systems implants.
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