Hi
I am sure I am not alone in not knowing what all of these mean, any kind soul happy to post their meanings? Thanks
I know
ON = Optic Neuritus
I wish I could be of more use,but I struggle with all of the TLA s…Three Letter Abbreviations.
Somebody did put a very comprehensive list on here a while ago,but I know not whom or when.
What I will say is that the first time I bring Multiple Sclerosis up in a conversation that is what I say.MS is fine after that, but there are quite a few conditions which are shortened to TLA or DLA and we don’t need to be confusing the Great British Public any more than it already is.
Wb
l don’t know them all but DMD is disease modifying drugs
LDN low dose naltrexone
TN trigeminal neuralgia
DLA disabled living allowance
SDA severe disability allowance
I’ve had MS for over 13 years - there are ‘some’ acronyms that I ‘struggle’ with - I am ‘resigned’ to ‘reading’ over them - maybe I’m ‘just hoping that it will go away (by ignoring it)’.
Marcus.
DX = diagnosed
OT = occupational therapist
OH = occupation health or other half
IB= incapacity benefit ( it’s being phased out and replaced with ESA )
ESA = employment and support allowance
SS = social services
can’t think of anymore!
PIP,personal independent payment ,replacing DLA
Ooh, thought of some more!
Rx = script = prescription
jab = jag (Scotland) = injection
PwMS - person with MS
PaMS - person affected by MS i.e. people with MS and their families and carers
RRMS - relapsing remitting MS - the most common type that 85%ish of people start with
(REMS - rapidly evolving MS - a label used by clinicians to get their patients to qualify for certain drugs)
PPMS - primary progressive MS - the type that doesn’t start with relapses (primary doesn’t mean better ;>)
SPMS - secondary progressive MS - the type that follows RRMS (relapses may still happen for a time after the SPMS stage begins)
CNS - central nervous system i.e. brain & spinal cord
DMT - disease modifying treatments (similar to DMDs already mentioned)
ABCRs - an older term referring to Avonex, Betaferon/Beta interferon, Copaxon & Rebif
LDN - low dose naltrexone (a personal favourite, had to slip it in there)
CCSVI - chronic cerebro spinal venous insufficiency (the theory that PwMS have defective vascular systems and too much blood hangs around in the brain area)
AFO - ankle foot orthotic (normally some sort of strapping to stop foot drop)
SAFO - silicone ankle foot orthosis (silicone ‘welly’ that stops drop foot)
FES - functional electrical stimulation (a system of wires, battery pack & control box that stimulates the foot into not dropping, thus enabling ‘normal’ walking and muscles to continue in action for longer)
Crumbs, and that’s just the start. Going to find summat exciting to do now before I turn into an anorak!
Lolli xx
Hi,
Adding a few
LOL- Laugh out loud
IMO - In my opinion
TN - Trigeminal Neuralgia
ISC - Intermittent Self Catheterisation
DMD - Disease Modifying Drug
MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging
RRMS - Remitting Relapsing Mulltiple Sclerosis
SPMS - Secondary Progressive MS
PPMS - Primary Progressive MS
PRMS - Progressive Relpasing MS
OH - Other Half
DIL - Daughter in Law
SIL - Son in Law (ore Sister in Law)
MIL - Mother in Law (etc on the *ILs)
Hope that helps
Cheers,
Belinda
bth = by the way
lol = laugh out loud
hth= hope that helps
That’s about all I can add as most of it has already been said.
Janet
Lovely thank you all so much. I may print out a list to refer to, that will help.
WTF… but maybe you know that one?
Pat x
Thanks everybody.
DX PPMS in 1989 and for the first time I now know what the acronyms mean.
What do you know, I just used two of them.
Rob
When I first used the old board I thought ’ HTH ’ was bye in Welsh because a Welsh board user always signed her messages off with HTH. It was only when other users were doing the same that the penny finally dropped.( Although I did think there were a lot of Welsh speakers here at one point )
It took a long time for that penny to drop. And I thought PMSL was something to do with sending a personal message. It was only when someone posted ’ I’m PMSL ', that that penny dropped.
I wished I had just asked !
But just to confuse things PIP can also be a name !!!
Pip
Not so much acronyms, as common prescription abbreviatios used by GPs, etc …
a.c. (ante cebum) - before food
b.d. (bis die) - twice daily
o.d. (omni die) - daily
o.m. (omni mane) - in the morning
o.n. (omni nocte) - at night
p.c. (post cibum) - after food
p.r.n. (pro re nata) - when required
q.d.s (quater die sumendos) - four times daily
q.q.h (quarta quaque hora) - every four hours
stat. (statim) - immediately
t.d.s. (ter sumendos) - three times daily
A more comprhensive list can be found on Wikipadia at