Demyelination occurs when the myelin sheath surrounding nerves becomes damaged due to disease.  Symptoms of demyelination can vary depending on the disease.  Demyelination causes can also depend on the patient’s background and the disease they are diagnosed with.  Symptoms tend to be based on the nerves that are affected and damaged in the body, whether it is in the central nervous system or the peripheral nervous system.  Demyelination is found in many different chronic diseases, including multiple sclerosis, Guillian-Barre syndrome, and transverse myelitis.  Symptoms, treatment, and remission outcomes will vary depending on the disease or condition the demyelination is caused by.

Common symptoms of demyelination can include blurriness or double vision, incontinence, difficultly with balance, fatigue, temperature sensitivity, tingling and numbness in the extremities or face, muscle weakness, and memory loss.  The symptoms will depend on which nerves are affected with demyelination, and what disease the demyelination is attributed to.  …