Thank you to all the members who worked so hard to contribute, compile, and organize these abbreviations. In the world of Chiari, Syringomyelia, Ehlers-Danlos, Tethered Cord, POTS, and the multitude of other issues we live with, abbreviations fly through the site. Getting to know them may help members both type and read messages more quickly and save time.
abx = antibiotics
B12 DEF = Vitamin B12 deficiency/pernicious anemia
BI = Basilar impression or basilar invagination
http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/66/3/357
http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/p ... hiari2.asp
b/t = "break through" (pain)
CCI = craniocervical instability
CCF = cranio cervical fusion
CM = Chiari Malformation
http://www.ASAP.org/
CPS = Central Pain Syndrome http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/cent ... l_pain.htm
CSF = cerebral spinal fluid
CST = Cranial Sacral Therapy
http://www.craniosacraltherapy.org/CSTA_home.html
CTO = cervical thoracic orthosis (a vest that goes with an Aspen collar)
http://www.alsab.ca/equipment/collars.aspx
DDD = Degenerative Disc Disease
http://www.spine-health.com/topics/cd/d ... gen01.html
Dr. M = Dr. Arnold Menezes at University of Iowa
http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/n ... nezes.html
Dr. M = Dr. Thomas Milhorat at TCI (founder)
http://www.northshorelij.com/body.cfm?ID=6465
Dr. B = Dr. Paolo Bolognese at TCI
http://www.northshorelij.com/body.cfm?ID=6466
Dr. B = Dr. Ulrich Batzdorf
http://www.healthcare.ucla.edu/institut ... el_id=7831
Dr. F = Dr. David Frim in Chicago
http://www.uchospitals.edu/physicians/david-frim.html
Dr. G = Dr. Barth Green in Miami
http://www.miamiproject.miami.edu/x350.xml
Dr. E = Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, Seattle
http://depts.washington.edu/neurosur/fa ... bogen.html
dx = diagnosis, diagnosed
EDS = Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
http://www.ednf.org/
ER = Emergency Room
Fibro = fibromyalgia (see also FMS)
http://www.fmnetnews.com/
FM = foramen magnum
FMS = fibromyalgia syndrome
http://www.fmaware.org/
frx (or fx) = fracture
HA = headache
I/C = insurance company
ICP = intracranial pressure
http://www.health.adelaide.edu.au/paed- ... ssure.html
ICT = Invasive craniocervical traction
IICP = increased intracranial pressure
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency ... 000793.htm
LP = lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
http://www.webmd.com/brain/Lumbar-Puncture
LPS = lumbar peritoneal shunt
LOC = loss of consciousness
MVA = motor vehicle accident
NIH = The National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
http://www.nih.gov/
NL = neurologist
http://www.neurotraumaregistry.com/Inde ... istdef.htm
NS or NSG = neurosurgeon
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art ... lekey=4556
OMD = Oriental Medical Doctor
OTC = over the counter (medication)
OTC = Occult Tethered Cord (see also TCS)
OTFT = Occult Tight Filum Terminale
PCP = Primary Care Physician
PFD = posterior fossa decompression
http://www.neurosurgerytoday.org/what/p ... hiari2.asp
PRN = Pro re nata, a medical term for "As the situation arises." Used by
doctors/nurses with medication, to mean, "As needed."
PST = pre surgerical testing
pt = patient
PT = physical therapy
PTC = pseudotumor cerebri
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/pseu ... erebri.htm
PTP = primary treating physician
PTS or PTSM = post-traumatic syringomyelia
http://www.craighospital.org/SCI/rehabNeurosurgery.asp
Rx = prescribed or prescription
SB = spina bifida
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spin ... bifida.htm
SFT = Section Filum Terminale (see OTFT or TCS)
SM = syringomyelia
http://www.syringo.org/
SSDI = Social Security Disability Insurance
SSI = Supplemental Security Income
sx = symptoms
TCI = The Chiari Institute in Great Neck, NY
http://www.northshorelij.com/body.cfm?ID=6407
TCS = Tethered Cord Syndrome
http://www.muhealth.org/~neuromed/tetheredcord.shtml
TENS = Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator
http://arthritis.about.com/od/assistive ... nsunit.htm
TFS = Tight Filum Syndrome
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/quer ... t=Abstract
TMJ = Temporomandibular joint
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/temporom ... cle_em.htm
TOS = Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
http://www.vascularweb.org/patients/Nor ... drome.html
tx = treatment
VPS = ventriculoperitoneal shunt
http://www.umm.edu/surgeries/ventriperishunt_1.html
COMPUTER SHORT-HAND AND TEXT MESSAGING:
b/c = because
BTDT = been there done that
btw = by the way
DH = dear husband
DW = dear wife
DD = dear son (you get the idea...)
HTH = hope this helps
IMHO = in my honest opinion
IMO = in my opinion
JIC - Just in case
JK = just kidding
KWIM = Know what I mean?
LMBO = laughing my butt off
LOL = laugh out loud
NCC = No Chiari Content
PMP = peeing my pants (from laughing)
ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing
OT = Off Topic
ttyl = talk to you later
TY = thank you
YW = you're welcome
PM = "private message" used on the message board by clicking on the PM symbol at the bottom of the messaging window.