name of this disease

[toia40]

      I have a friend that his kid with 6years old stared losing he's moves, today with 17years old none of his muscles works... he said is a brain disease where  little by little he lost the brain white matter.He said the name but is to big and I was not comfortable to ask again. Someone knows the name of this disorder, disease, problem...? Thank you

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
I am sorry to hear about your friend’s son. Basically he has a demyelinating disease of the brain. Commonest cause is multiple sclerosis. However since you say it is a big name, it could be Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy, posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES), or Central pontine myelinolysis. It is really difficult to say what it was. Maybe one of this will sound familiar to you.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

[LivingInHope]

I know cerebral palsey can affect muscle function.  Maybe you could look that up and see if that's it?