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Demyelination
Nerve fibers have a central axon insulated by myelin covering. Demyelination is damage to the myelin, and typically experienced in multiple sclerosis due to an autoimmune attack by lymphocytes, but may be seen also in hereditary leukodystrophies, acute encephalomyelitis, and inflam. Nerve disorders.
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Whats demyelination disorder?
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What is the definition or description of: demyelination?
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What is ischemic demyelination?
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What are demyelination diseases other than ms?
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Is demyelination related to compartment syndrome?
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Am diag with demyelination and was adminisstered 1gm/day prednisolone for 5 days. What care I should take in future.
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Can there be demyelination in your brain, but you don't notice?
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Multiple sclerosis = demyelination?
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Does brain demyelination cause any symptoms ?
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Mri found small focus on demyelination. What does this mean?
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Following a recent episode of a grey out in my vision I was given an mri, there is evidence of demyelination. What is that?
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A 24-year old male asked:
Wb-band 41 positive, dfm showed spirochetes and gemmas.Syphilis-negative.Can it be Lyme with only band 41 positive?Got inactive demyelination lessions
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A 46-year old asked:
What can cause brain demyelination besides a demyelinating disease?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Are there any specific diseases associated with findings of ovoid plaques and demyelination in/ on left and right frontal lobes?
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Lyme suspected.Got 10small inactive demyelinations(d).If i take antimicrobials i feel bad.Could it be because I have d? Or is it just bacteria dying?
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A 38-year old female asked:
In 2008 i was diagnosis with demyelination dz it had effected my brain @3%. Now as of my last set of tests in feb. 2013 the demyelination dz is at 27%. Why?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Can demyelination occur anywhere in the human body or does it just occur in the brain?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Do I need a spinal tap to confirm MS or can I be diagnosed via demyelination and lesions on my mri plus physical symptoms?
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Etiology remote trauma/inflammation/demyelination, or chronic ischemia due to migraine or other vasculopathies, what to do?
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A 20-year old female asked:
A few days ago i fainted after hot tubbing. I have demyelination in my calves and have tremors & migraines often. What could cause this?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can 30 small inactive CNS demyelinations be asymptomatic?Got some inactive lesions done an MRI after 4 years and one recently and no new ones found.
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Can hashimoto's disease cause brain demyelinations ?
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Is there any way to repair the demyelination in the brain caused by Lyme disease ?
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I had an MRI for whip lash injury and the doctors found a small focus on demyelination. What does this mean?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What infections besides borrelia could cause CNS demyelination and cns/neuro symptoms ? Just infections please...Not ms
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I had a whip lash injury at work. Doctors did MRI found small focus on demyelination. Please explain to me what this means.?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have Lyme symptoms since 9 years ago. Diagnosed with it 1year ago.Is it normal to not have joint pains?My smyptoms are neuro and have demyelinations
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A 28-year old female asked:
Abnormalities in deep white matter regions. Is non specific & can be seen in the setting of demyelination migraine or vasculities MRI report, explain?
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Can "grey outs" be caused by demyelination in the eye?
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The MRI show ischemic demyelination secondary to small vessel disease. What cause this and what type or treatment are?
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