Pseudo-Relapse

The recurrence of neurologic symptoms often due to an exacerbating factor or trigger such as heat or sickness. Pseudo-relapses can often be distinguished clinically from relapsesWhen you present to your doctor or hospital with new or worsening central nervous system symptoms. Generally, if your symptoms gradually worsen over 24-48 hours, there is heightened concern of a relapse. (Also referred to as a flare by the myelin oligodendrocyte glycoproten antibody disease (MOGAD) community). by their fluctuance in severity and improvement over 24-48 hours. Pseudo-relapses will never show any new or worsening lesions onInflammation of the optic nerve that may be classified as unilateral (affecting one eye) or bilateral (affecting both eyes) that may result in vision changes, vision loss, and/or pain with eye movement. MRIA noninvasive imaging technique that uses strong magnetic fields to produce images of nearly any structure of the body. For MOGAD, it is typically used with and without contrast to identify disease activity in the central nervous system..