What is ischemic white matter demyelination?

Ischemic white matter demyelination disease, also known as cortical arteriosclerosis encephalopathy, is characterized by myelin sheath damage of central nervous cells. The main cause is cerebral atherosclerosis, which causes structural changes in white matter, mostly seen in middle-aged and elderly people. The main causes are as follows: 1. Immune mediation: such as multiple sclerosis, acute infectious polyradiculoneuritis. 2. Virus infection: such as progressive multifocal leukoencephalitis, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis. 3. Nutritional disorders: Such as pontine central myelin disintegration disease. 4. Ischemia and hypoxia: such as delayed hypoxia-induced demyelinating encephalopathy, progressive subcortical ischemic encephalopathy, cerebral arteriosclerosis, etc. Main symptoms: dizziness, headache, fatigue, memory decline, tinnitus, lethargy and personality changes.