Demyelination refers to damage to the myelin around nerves. Myelin coats many nerves in the body, but it can become damaged due to inflammation from viral infections, autoimmune diseases, and ...

What are the different types of these nerve disorders? WebMD covers transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica, ... There are several demyelinating diseases: Multiple Sclerosis (MS) ...

The demyelinating disease usually leads to muscle weakness and stiffness, loss of vision, sensation, and coordination, pain, and altered bowel and bladder function.

The inherited demyelinating neuropathies Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease types 1 and 4 are genetically heterogeneous, but their common feature is that the primary defect perturbs myelination ...

Jun. 8—WILKES-BARRE — A published report in the Miami Herald Monday said former Pittston Area, Penn State and Miami Dolphins star Jimmy Cefalo revealed that he'd been diagnosed with a type of ...

MILAN — Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) does not appear to demonstrate a consistent and significant risk for demyelinating disease, according ...

This type is significantly more common — 90% of people with the condition have more than one episode. ... Multiple sclerosis (MS) and NMO are both demyelinating autoimmune diseases.

Diagnostic, therapeutic, and investigative efforts in multiple sclerosis have concentrated on disease of the white matter. Imaging and histopathological studies suggest that cortical damage is a ...