When you have a rare disease, you may find you have more questions than answers Many of the features are similar to parkinson's disease, and many people are misdiagnosed early on because of those similarities, dr That’s certainly true for many people with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (cidp)
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Cidp is an autoimmune condition that affects the protective sheath that lines the nerves in the arms and legs.
Juvenile pls is caused by a change in a gene that's passed from both parents to a child
Pls is often mistaken for another, more common motor neuron disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) While likely related to als, pls gets worse more slowly than als In most people, pls isn't fatal. Patients may need to have testing for autoimmune movement disorders.
Msa is a rare condition It sometimes shares symptoms with parkinson's disease, including slow movement, rigid muscles and poor balance Treatment includes medicines and lifestyle changes to help manage symptoms, but there is no cure The condition gets worse over time and eventually leads to death.
In this disease, the immune system attacks the myelin sheath or the cells that produce and maintain it
The attack causes swelling, also known as inflammation, and injury to the myelin sheath. Progressive supranuclear palsy is a disease you may have never heard of
