Devic Syndrome
Definition
Devic Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that affects both the protective sheet that lines the spinal cord and the optic nerve of the eye. People that have Devic syndrome lose the fatty covering of the spinal cord (myelin) and experience eye pain due to an exaggerated inflammatory response that occurs in the eye. The resulting spinal cord damage is known as transverse myelitis and the resulting eye inflammation is known as optic neuritis. Devic syndrome is a severe neurodegenerative disorder that can lead to blindness, paralysis, and incontinence (loss of bowel or bladder control).
Description
Devic syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that is considered by many scientists to be a form of
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