INFORMATION ON SCHILDER’S DISEASE

Schilder’s disease is a very rare neurological disorder. Schilder’s disease affects central nervous system and generally found in children and teens. Schilder's disease is not the same as Addison-Schilder disease. As the disease progresses, larger and larger patches of demyelination occur, interfering with motor movement, speech, personality, hearing and vision. Ultimately, the vital functions such as respiration, heart rate, blood pressure are affected, leading to the patient death.

SYNONYMS OF SCHILDER’S DISEASE

Synonyms of Schilder’s disease are:

1. Diffuse sclerosis.
2. Schilder's cerebral sclerosis.
3. Myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis.
4. Schilder-type multiple sclerosis.
5. Inflammatory myelinoclastic diffuse sclerosis.

CAUSES OF SCHILDER’S DISEASE

The exact cause of schilder’s disease is unknown. Sometimes some medical conditions are responsible for schilder’s disease but it is not necessary that always this will be the cause of happening schilder’s disease. Schilder’s disease is also sometimes associated with seizures, another indication that the neurobiology of the brain may be involved.

SYMPTOMS OF SCHILDER’S DISEASE

Symptoms of Schilder's disease include:

1. Weakness of one side of the body.
2. Slowness of movement.
3. Paralysis of all four extremities.
4. Seizures.
5. Difficulty with speech.
6. Visual and hearing impairment.
7. Irritability.
8. Memory problems.
9. Gradual loss of awareness and responsiveness.

DIAGNOSIS OF SCHILDER’S DISEASE

Diagnosis of Schilder's disease is vary difficult.Some of test may show the abnormalities such as:

1. Blood Test.
2. Test on cerebrospinal fluid.
3. MRI Test.
4. EEG Test.
5. X-Rays.
6. C-T Scan.

TREATMENT OF SCHILDER’S DISEASE

There are different therapies and medication are available to treat schilder’s disease. Some treatment depends upon the symptoms those are appear in a patient. Beta-interferon therapy and immunosuppressive therapy are effective as treatment for schilder’s disease.