Acronyms used on this site

[Wise Young]

Medical Acronyms
4-AP - 4-aminopyridine
ER - Emergency room
HD - Huntington's disease
MS - Multiple sclerosis
PD - Parkinson's Disease
SCI - Spinal cord injury
SLE - Systemic lupus erythematosa
TM - Transverse myelitis
UTI - Urinary tract infection

Other Acronyms
B&B - bowel and bladder
MRDD - Mental retardation and developmental disability


As requested by Zero /forum/showthread.php?t=85028
Please suggest acronyms and I will keep adding them.

Wise.

[lynnifer]

PWD - people with disabilities
FWIW - for what it's worth
CC (or CCC) - care cure (community)
FES - functional electrical stimulation
WBC - white blood cell count
AB - able-bodied

[Buck503]

LMN - Lower Motor Neuron
ESC - Embryonic Stem Cell
ASC - Adult Stem Cell
CRPA - Christopher Reeve Paralysis Act

[SCI-Nurse]

AD = autonomic dysreflexia
DSD = detrussor-sphincter dysynergia
UMN = upper motor neuron
CES = cauda equina syndrome
ECC = external condom catheter
DSS = Colace
HO = heterotopic ossification
C&S = culture and sensitivity test
VAC = Vacuum Assisted Closure (KCI trademarked)
DSD = dry, sterile dressing

and
CR = Christopher Reeve
ASIA = American Spinal Injury Association
NSCIA = National Spinal Cord Injury Association
PVA = Paralyzed Veterans of America
AASCIN = American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Nurses
AASCIPSW = American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists and Social Workers
APS = American Paraplegia Society
ISCoS = International Spinal Cord Society
NMSS = National Multiple Sclerosis Society

for MS, there are also these:
RRMS =relapsing, remitting MS
PPMS = primary progressive MS
SPMS = secondary progressive MS
PRMS = progressive relapsing MS

(KLD)

[wheeliecoach]

SCD - Spinal Cord Disorder or Spinal Cord Disease

[keps]

A & E = Accident and Emergency (UK equivalent of ER).
IIRC = If I Remember Correctly.
GP = General Practitioner.

[betheny]

C + number-injury to the cervical area (basically the neck, result = quadriplegia)
T + number-injury to the thoracic area (Basically the chest/back, result = paraplegia))
L + number-injury to the lumbar area
S + number-injury to the sacral area

IC = Intermittent Catheterization
BBS = Bowel Bladder Sex
hESC or HESC = Human Embryonic Stem Cell
UCSC, UCBSC or USC = Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell
C&S = Culture and Sensitivity
CBC = Complete Blood Count

WTF = What The F***
IRL = In Real Life
BTW = By The Way
IMO = In My Opinion
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
JMO = Just My Opinion
LOL = Laugh Out Loud
ROFL = Rolling on Floor Laughing
ROFLMAO = Rolling On Floor Laughing My A** Off (B for Butt may be substituted for A**)
LMAO = Laughing My A** Off (B may be substituted)

[canuck]

SB = Spina Bifida
CP = Cerebral Palsy

[adi chicago]

adi=a dumb injured.lol

[betheny]

GF/BF = girlfriend or boyfriend
SO = significant other

[clueless]

PCA - personal care attendant
PM - private message

[Michaela]

POV - Point of View
OP - Original Poster
BTW - By the Way

[Mike Honcho]

KIAW - kid in a wheelchair - I use it all of the time
DIAF - die in a fire - one of my favorite Internet acronyms right after KHITBASH

[jccarolina]

JMHO= Just my humble oppinion
KIA= Kiss my A**
BFE= Bum Fuc* Egypt

[alan]

CPS - central pain syndrome