The treatment works by decreasing levels of the bad immune chemicals and making white cell membranes more pliable. Steroids can also help by reducing the swelling around the MS lesions, which causes better nerve transmission through the damaged area. (Steroids, MS Drugs). Kathy was experiencing common issues associated with multiple sclerosis, symptoms such as numbness and weakness or loss of muscle movement. These problems are due to the loss of myelin sheath around axons in the CNS, the impulses are not being properly communicated.…
Peggy is a 62-year-old female who suffers from multiple sclerosis (G35), along with hypertension, carpal tunnel syndrome, depression, polyosteoarthritis, overactive bladder, and cervicalgia. Her symptoms include difficulty with balance, coordination, gait, numbness/tingling and left foot drop. She uses a cane due to her limping gait. Peggy has tried and failed various treatments including aubagio. Peggy’s symptoms are getting worse, as she is experiencing numbness in both legs that is climbing up to her thighs and buttocks, falling more frequently and has more aches and pains, as her recent MRI shows her disease is progressing.…
When the myelin sheath does not grow or function properly, it leads to nervous system damage. What the disorder affects (cells, organs, systems, populations?): This disorder is a genetic degenerative disorder that affects the central and peripheral nervous systems. The symptoms include irritability, unexplained fever, limb stiffness, seizures, feeding difficulties, vomiting, and slowing of mental and motor development. Additional symptoms include muscle weakness, spasticity, deafness, and blindness.…
Multiple Sclerosis - Kellie McThenia Multiple Sclerosis involves an immune-mediated process in which an abnormal response of the body 's immune system is directed against the central nervous system. Within the central nervous system or CNS, the myelin sheath (fatty substance that surrounds the nerve fibers) is attacked by the immune system. This forms scar tissue, or sclerosis (scler/ o meaning hard, -osis meaning abnormal condition or disease). The damaged or destroyed myelin sheath or nerve fibers results in interrupted nerve impulses to the brain, which leads to a variety of symptoms that will be discussed later in this paper.…
“Nehme and Therese Tohme Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center-AUBMC”. AUBMC. Accessed 11 March 2017 “Overview- Multiple Sclerosis”. Mayo Clinic. Oct 1, 2015.…
Mastering Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is a nasty disease that can leave the person who has the disease immobilized. My dad has Multiple Sclerosis and it makes it very hard for him to walk and get around. It’s hard to see him struggle to walk me down the field for parents night. There is no current cure for Multiple Sclerosis and the only thing doctors recommend are medication to ease the symptoms, but there could be a better way to reverse the disease and stop its progression. Changing your diet by controlling fats and eliminating lectins can be more effective to suppress Multiple Sclerosis symptoms than taking medication that can result in harmful side effects.…
Multiple Sclerosis: The Psychological Effects of Parental MS on Adolescents and Children Jessica Houge Greenville Technical College Abstract This paper defines multiple sclerosis and explores three articles that report on the behavioral and emotional psychological effects of adolescents who have a parent with multiple sclerosis (MS). The articles vary from professional studies to personal documentation.…
Introduction Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable and disabling disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS), which is made up of the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves. The Multiple Sclerosis Foundation estimates that more than 400,000 people in the United States and about 2.5 million people around the world suffer from Multiple Sclerosis (“Definition of MS,” n.d.). According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the exact antigen whic targets the immune cells to attack remains unknown to this day. Damage to the myelin coating around the nerve fibers in the Central Nervous System and to the nerve fibers themselves interferes with the transmission of nerve signals between the brain, spinal cord and the rest of the body.…
Multiple sclerosis affects the spinal cord and the brain. There's a lot of ways to determine if you have multiple sclerosis because a lot of people might not know the symptoms of it until it is to late. Which that includes weakness ,not having the energy to get up and do anything, bladder issues, vision get very blurry, pain as in your muscles and neurologic. My grandmother has Multiple Sclerosis and at first she had some of these symptoms she didn't understand why until she went to the doctor. It's a very hard disease to handle.…
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It is autoimmune, but is genetically influenced by the environment, such as the Epstein-Barr virus, Vitamin D deficiency, and smoking. However, In 1966, Leibowitz et al first suggested that MS might be associated with high sanitation standards during childhood, but, some studies since then over the so called hygiene hypothesis, that proposes that infections in childhood are protective against autoimmune diseases, have shown otherwise. This study broadly investigates the possible association between the occurrence of MS and environmental factors in early childhood by evaluating important details.…
Multiple Sclerosis is a hard disease to define because it affects everyone differently and can be described differently by everyone who has it. To start off, an autoimmune means that instead of the immune system fighting off diseases and foreign cells in the body, it decides that the healthy cells are a threat and begins destroying the healthy cells. The other part of the definition is chronic inflammation, this simply means long term inflammation, which is basically the body is constantly trying to heal itself because of the attacks of the immune system on the…
My discussion topic is a neurological problem that affects many people from the ages 20-40, it is a disease of the brain and spinal cord, and that is multiple sclerosis. According to the national MS Society, multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable and disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. The causes of MS are unknown but it is believed by scientists that infectious agents may play a role. There are many ways to treat multiple sclerosis, such as managing relapses and symptoms, altering the disease course, rehab, and psychological support. Multiple sclerosis patients are often depressed because of the challenges they have to face everyday, feeling…
Questions 1. How does Mairs organize her essay? What connects the different parts to each other? Mairs organizes her essay in a narrative.…
The Causes and Effects of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is, by definition a “chronic, typically progressive disease involving damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, whose symptoms may include numbness, impairment of speech and of muscular coordination, blurred vision, and severe fatigue.” (Oxford Dictionaries, Multiple Sclerosis). We have an understanding of the immune system, whose purpose is to protect the body and fight against diseases. With multiple sclerosis, the immune system does not perform its job, but instead, attacks the body resulting in varying levels of damage to the body. The effects of multiple sclerosis are seen as the result of occurrences taking place at a more molecular level.…
pp. 382-386. doi:10.1111/joim.12196. Pietrangelo, A (2016, May 10). Understanding Multiple Sclerosis (MS).…