Demyelinating Disease

Classification according to ICD-10
G35	Multiple sclerosis (encephalomyelitis disseminata)
G36	Other acute disseminated demyelination
G37	Other demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

Under a demyelinating disease refers to damage to the nervous system , lose their myelin sheaths in nerve cells, making them unable generally to exercise their normal function. In the central nervous system , such a process can show up as loss of white matter and is therefore known as demyelinating.

Such diseases of the central nervous system are summarized in the ICD-10 under G35-G37.

In humans

These essentially include:

• acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM)
• acute motor axonal neuropathy
• Baló's disease or concentric periaxial encephalitis
• chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy
• Guillain-Barré Syndrome
• funicular myelosis
• Miller-Fisher Syndrome
• multiple sclerosis (MS)
  • Marburg variant of acute multiple sclerosis

• Transverse myelitis
• Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's syndrome)

With the animal

The following demyelinating diseases occur in animals:

• Visna the sheep

This article is about a health issue. It is not used for self-diagnosis and does not replace a diagnosis by a doctor. Please note the information on health issues !