Cerebral white matter demyelination, the causative factors include ischemic factors, inflammatory factors and genetic factors, etc. The specific harm, which is related to the causative factors, generally includes cognitive impairment, neurological deficits and death.
1. Ischemic factors: common in elderly patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease, the main clinical symptom is cognitive dysfunction.
2. Inflammatory factors: commonly found in multiple sclerosis, acute disseminated encephalomyelitis and optic neuromyelitis, etc. Once the damage to the white matter of the brain is severe, it will cause obvious signs of neurological deficits including paralysis, aphasia, and visual disturbances, which will affect the life and health of the patient.
3. Genetic factors: commonly found in cerebral white matter dystrophy, which belongs to a hereditary disease, related to the lack of a certain special substance in the body, the prognosis is extremely poor, most of the patients start to suffer from childhood, and often can only survive for a few months to a few years.
Cerebral white matter demyelination has a certain degree of harm, it is recommended that patients seek timely medical treatment, clear cause of the disease and then targeted treatment, so as to avoid the progression of the disease.