Anything you know about Multiple Sclerosis(Symptoms etc.)?

Question

Im doing a reprot about multiple sclerosis and can you please tell me anything you know about it.Please no false information

I have a lot of information i just need a little more.Please help!

Answer 1

As someone who lives with MS, I can tell you the biggest impact the disease has on a person's life is the unpredictability of it. There is not clear cut way to determine what symptoms you will have, how fast you may progress, if you will progress at all and exactly how it will affect your life. Doctors can only guess by using the diagnostic tools they have, such as making guesses based upon the patient's clinical history (number of relapses, etc.); they can make a guess based upon the number of lesions a person has in their brain, on their spinal cord or optic nerve and exactly where these lesions are located.

Hope this helps:

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system affecting the brain and spinal cord. One new case of MS is diagnosed every hour. It comes and goes unpredictably, leaving people to wonder, “Will I become paralyzed, blind or have trouble walking? Will I be able to raise my family or continue my career?” In fact, it is the number one cause of paralysis in young people.

Its symptoms cover a broad range of categories, from physical to mental. It has no prejudice, although it does affect more women than men. It can cause weakness, numbness, mobility problems, balance problems, spasticity in the muscles, bladder and bowel problems, fatigue, vision problems, speech problems and cognitive function impairments. A person can experience one or more of these symptoms at any given time.

Most people, when they are newly diagnosed, are in what is referred to as the ‘relapsing-remitting’ stage of MS. This is where you see a person have attacks, or exacerbations. An exacerbation is the appearance of new symptoms or the aggravation of old ones, lasting at least twenty-four hours and more. These eventually go away, leaving the person with little to no residual lasting effect. Patients may experience what can be called ‘secondary symptoms’ on a daily basis, such as bladder problems and cognitive impairments. These problems are usually the result of damage done to the protective nerve coverings, called the myelin sheath, and the lesions that form in the brain and on the spinal cord.

When a person becomes ‘progressive’, this means that instead of having the defined exacerbations, a person becomes steadily worse, and there is usually no ‘break’ in between new symptoms. The current symptoms will just continue to worsen.

The unpredictability of MS is a challenge, for the body, mind and spirit. You don’t know which of the many symptoms you may experience. You don’t know what you will wake up to find every new day. There’s no magic calendar that reads “Tuesday, Sept. 14th, you will be experiencing major balance and coordination problems, just so you know.” All we can do is have faith in the medicines we inject into our bodies, that they are fighting the things we cannot see. MS can change and alter a person’s life so greatly, and the struggle remains trying to live a positive life when faced with such a challenge.

I hope this information helps you. Good luck with your report.

Answer 2

As it is written here you could get most of the information on MS from different medical and para medical sites. But there are certain fact about MS which are not scientifically proved but they are of some interest to you - if you are looking at some atypical information or for someone who needs a new track in MS research. Here are some findings from my experience and research,

1. MS is a syndrome were the demylination is the most typical similarity but from individual to individual it varies in many aspect. And if you study those findings and symptom, one can predict the tentative course of the disease.
2. Most of the MS cases there will be a cluster of cause than a single cause.
3. There is an inadequacy in the findings of MRI , the number of lesion did not correspond to the symptoms or progression of MS. Or the number of lesion and intensity of disease, or the site of lesion and the symptom. So there need to be a different diagnostic tool to understand the disease better and that may happen in a few years time.
4. Relation between life style such as food and regimen are influencing in the cause of MS and in its progression.
5. Depending upon the individual body type, the food intake has to be arranged.
One cannot make a single list for all the patients.
6. Mental condition of the patient is much important in the cause and recovery.
This is relevant in MS affected that the symptoms like bladder control, spasticity will sets in comparatively earlier in one who is nervous or getting anxious quickly.
7. From my understanding about the cause of MS, in the next decade MS will affect a vast number of people than now.

8. There is a difference in pathogenesis between the Primary Progressive MS and R-R type or sec: Progressive MS. In the former, the damage to the nervous system is deeper.
If you need more information and if the above findings are debatable then I could provide more study material.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Look up optic neuritis. That was my first symptom, and now I'm partially blind in one eye. Erratic gait was another diagnosis. I have tremors in my arms, loss of motor control, and loss of balance. I only have 4 spots on the brain right now. Doctors do not like diagnosing MS until it's really uncontrollable with more spots on the brain. There's no cure, and the treatment is self-injection of interferon once or twice a day. And 10 years ago the drugs were $2000 a month. Who knows what they are now. My symptoms are manageable so far. I can only pray that I don't actually really get it.

Answer 5

Y'know, we're good and all here at Y!Answers, but there are far better and more in-depth resources available on the Internet than you could ever get here.

For starters, check out the National Multiple Sclerosis Society website at http://www.nmss.org. You'll find more than enough detail there.

HTH

Answer 6

Do your own report.