A demyelinating disease is any disease of the nervous system.

Besides MS, there are several other demyelinating diseases, such as the leukodystrophies (Adrenoleukodystrophy, Canavan Disease, Krabbe Disease, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease, Cockayne Syndrome, and Alexander's Disease)

demyelinating disease: multiple sclerosis, catastrophe, and cerebral palsy.

idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating diseases

Vitamin B12 deficiency

Central pontine myelinolysis

Tabes Dorsalis

transverse myelitis

Devic's disease

progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy

Optic neuritis

Leukodystrophies

A demyelinating disease is any disease of the nervous system in which the myelin sheath of neurons is damaged.

Demyelinating describes the effect of the disease, rather than its cause; some demyelinating diseases are caused by genetics, some by infectious agents, some by autoimmune reactions, and some by unknown factors.

It is possible to cure demyelinating disease but there is no known cure as of 2014. This is due to the nature of the disease having many sources from genetic to infections or autoimmune reactions. Treatments as of 2014 are used to slow the process and improve the patients general way of life to reduce the effects of the disease on their life as it progresses.