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Suggest Treatment For Degeneration Of Brain Cells

My daugther is 17 years old. Her brain is degenerating. The doctor said that the gray stuff of her brain is turning white. He does not have a name or know how to treat her. She had epelepsi but the doc said that it one of the simptons of the ilniss
Mon, 22 Jun 2015
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I read your question carefully and I am sorry about what you are going through.

Unfortunately that information is not enough to conclude on a diagnosis. There are many different causes of brain degeneration, at your daughters age it should be a metabolic abnormality, but the precise type is often found only by genetic testing. Regrettably though independently from the type there is no remedy most of the times, I am sorry.

I hope things work out for the best.
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Suggest Treatment For Degeneration Of Brain Cells

I read your question carefully and I am sorry about what you are going through. Unfortunately that information is not enough to conclude on a diagnosis. There are many different causes of brain degeneration, at your daughters age it should be a metabolic abnormality, but the precise type is often found only by genetic testing. Regrettably though independently from the type there is no remedy most of the times, I am sorry. I hope things work out for the best.