What Are the Treatments for Brain Demyelination?

Demyelination of white matter in the brain, normal mature myelin is destroyed, namely: demyelination of the white matter in the brain. It mainly includes: multiple sclerosis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, acute sporadic encephalomyelitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, central pontine myelin lysis, corpus callosum degeneration, subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, and concentric Round hardened and so on.

White matter demyelination

Demyelination of white matter in the brain, normal mature myelin is destroyed, namely: demyelination of the white matter in the brain. It mainly includes: multiple sclerosis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, acute sporadic encephalomyelitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis, central pontine myelin lysis, corpus callosum degeneration, subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, and concentric Round hardened and so on.
TCM disease name
White matter demyelination
English name
Demyelination of cerebral white matter
Multiple groups
Most often between the ages of 20-40
Common causes
Infection, poisoning, degenerative changes, after trauma, lack of infarction, etc.
Common symptoms
Multiple sclerosis, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, acute sporadic encephalomyelitis, corpus callosum degeneration, subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy, and concentric sclerosis
Frequent onset age
20-40 years old
White matter demyelination
White matter demyelination
Home treatment and nursing measures: 1 treatment and medication; treatment of this disease should be carried out as soon as possible, so as to control the deterioration of the disease and reduce recurrence. Commonly used drugs are prednisone, adrenaline, dexamethasone, methylprednisolone and so on. The doctor chooses the medicine according to the condition, treatment response and economic situation. 2 Avoid incentives; trauma, fatigue, agitation, upper respiratory infections and other infections can cause exacerbations and relapses, and should be avoided. Pregnancy can accelerate the deterioration of the condition, so women should avoid pregnancy for at least two years after an attack. 3 Acute onset or recurrence period: (1) rest in bed to ease the condition; (2) give appropriate passive movements of paralyzed limbs to prevent joint stiffness and pain; (3) patients in advanced bed should give frequent turn-over and skin care . 4 re-examination; the patient should go to the hospital for re-examination regularly to understand whether the condition has developed, so as to give corresponding treatment.

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