The early diagnosis and treatment of neuromyelitis optica (NMO) generally improve the outlook for people with this condition. Corticosteroids and immunotherapy are the main treatment options. NMO, ...

Neuromyelitis optica is a rare chronic condition that causes eye pain and even vision loss. This disease happens when your own immune system attacks your nervous system. In this article, we look at ...

In the autoimmune disorder neuromyelitis optica (NMO), the immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. This can cause symptoms such as loss of vision and changes in sensation. Early and ...

Terrible, agonizing, wretched, sickening and unbearable—these are words frequently used by patients with neuromyelitis optica (NMO) to describe a very common symptom of their disease: pain. More than ...

NMOSD accounts for 1 to 2% of all cases of CNS inflammatory demyelinating disease in the United States and Europe, with multiple sclerosis being much more common, but NMOSD accounts for one third or ...

Joanna Robles, MD, first began having unusual symptoms in the summer of 2020. She had bouts of nausea and vomiting that she couldn’t explain. Eventually doctors diagnosed her with neuromyelitis optica ...

Disease-modifying therapies can reduce relapse risk and improve outcomes in patients who are diagnosed promptly and accurately with the rare autoimmune condition known as neuromyelitis optica spectrum ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultomiris is a C5 complement inhibitor for neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder. Trial patients did not ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded the indication for the long-acting C5 complement inhibitor, ravulizumab (Ultomiris, Alexion), to include adults with anti–aquaporin-4 (AQP4) ...

Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a chronic health condition that affects nerves in the eyes, spinal cord, and sometimes brain. It’s also known as Devic disease or Devic syndrome. It may cause vision loss ...

Antibodies to aquaporin-4 (also known as AQP4-Ab or NMO-IgG) are sensitive and highly specific serum markers of autoimmune neuromyelitis optica (NMO). Second-generation recombinant diagnostic assays ...

Most of the nerves in your body are covered with a protective layer called myelin. It’s a lot like the insulation on electric wires. It helps messages from your brain move quickly and smoothly through ...