Cataracts, a common eye condition characterized by clouding of the lens, often lead to blurred vision and, if left untreated, ...

MOG is found on the protective myelin sheath of nerve cells ... an MRI scan to detect signs of inflammation affecting the optic nerve or the brain. An analysis of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF ...

A teenage girl presented to the hospital emergency department with a three-week history of intermittent frontal headache, which was worse in the morning and associated with nausea, vomiting, lethargy, ...

She states symptoms as including: Pedra Lhermitte's Sign (electric shock sensation), facial pain, MS hug, heat intolerance, body jerks, cognitive fog, itching (pruritus), hypersensitivity to light, ...

The researchers found that mothers who were exposed to sunlight during their pregnancy, especially during the second trimester of pregnancy, their kids also had a 32% lower risk of MS relapse.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, neurodegenerative autoimmune disease targeting the myelin sheath of primarily the central nervous ... Common symptoms include optic neuritis, myelitis, motor ...

In MS, an uncontrolled inflammatory response causes damage to the myelin sheath ... patients with acute demyelinating optic neuritis, an inflammation of the nerves that connect the eyes to ...

Inflammation of the retinal vascular endothelium can precede demyelination and perivascular cuffing and oedema of the optic nerve sheath leads to breakdown of myelin (193). Idiopathic demyelinating ...

The drug, LL-341070, enhances the brain's ability to repair damaged myelin— the protective sheath around nerve fibers. Damage to myelin is a hallmark of diseases like MS, as well as a natural ...

Myelin is an insulating layer of lipids and proteins surrounding nerves. Myelin damage can cause problems with the nerves’ ability to send and receive electrical messages. Inflammatory disorders ...