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 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 ...

The CNS includes the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. MS involves the immune system damaging myelin — a substance ... Other eye conditions, such as optic neuritis and diplopia, are also ...

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 ...

The sequential onset of quadriparesis and optic neuritis suggests a continuous pathogenesis involving shared autoimmune mechanisms targeting central and peripheral myelin. The absence of other CNS ...