Shooting pains and numbness followed, and then surgery, which she said she believes most likely prevented paralysis.

For example, King Engel and his team discovered that prednisone could effectively treat myasthenia gravis and acetazolamide was shown to prevent periodic paralysis.

"Direct stimulation of the neuromuscular system to prevent paralysis, but except for that I am letting nature take its course."

He calls his treatment "planned management," scheduled around strategically planned "surgical windows," points in a dwarf's life when operations will do the most to prevent deformity, paralysis or crippling.

The EU has a complex but effective structure to prevent paralysis and to balance out power between large and small countries.

Doctors were able to not only reattach her head, but also stabilized her spine and prevented further damage and paralysis.

You may need fast treatment to prevent lasting damage leading to incontinence and possibly permanent paralysis of the legs.

We must provide solutions, find ways of preventing paralysis and work to ensure that the European Union does not turn into an intergovernmental organisation.

Two days later, he was sent to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, where he underwent surgery to fuse his crushed vertebrae to prevent paralysis.

Maya survived her operation to save her spinal cord and prevent paralysis while at the same time she gives birth to a girl, who also survives the ordeal.