The most widespread disabling neurological condition of young adults around the world is Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Sclerosis is a Greek word meaning hardening of tissue or scars. Another name for MS is Demyelinating Disease, 85% of people diagnosed with MS have Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS). Around 10% have Primary-Progressive MS (PPMS), there is also Secondary-Progressive MS (SPMS), and Progressive-Relapsing MS (PRMS). The least common type is PRMS. In MS your immune system mistakenly attacks the myelinated axons of a nerve fiber in the central nerves system, over time this leads to scarring and hardening of nervous tissue in the brain, spinal cord and eyes.
Every hour of every day someone in the United States is diagnosed with MS. Most people do not know they have the diseases; they experience numbness in arms, legs or elsewhere in the body. Vision problems, muscle weakness, stiffness and spasms, problems with coordination and balance, also fatigue is the most common symptoms of MS. As nerve damage progresses the following accrue; symptoms such assayed pain including sensitivity to light and blind spots, depression, cognitive problems such as memory and concentration difficulties, swallowing trouble, slurred speech, and urinary, bowel issues. About 40% of people with MS have a problem with slurred speech. …show more content…
A test called optical coherence tomography can show the health of the optic nerve, retinal nerve. People with MS, have a nerve fiber layer that is different in thickness, “A correlation coefficient of 0.46 is accepted norms. Correlation coefficients range from -1 (a perfect opposing correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (a perfect positive correlation). The correlation coefficient of Relapsing-Remitting MS jumped to 0.69” said Johns Hopkins. (John Hopkins & and Mathew Pulicken,
Every hour of every day someone in the United States is diagnosed with MS. Most people do not know they have the diseases; they experience numbness in arms, legs or elsewhere in the body. Vision problems, muscle weakness, stiffness and spasms, problems with coordination and balance, also fatigue is the most common symptoms of MS. As nerve damage progresses the following accrue; symptoms such assayed pain including sensitivity to light and blind spots, depression, cognitive problems such as memory and concentration difficulties, swallowing trouble, slurred speech, and urinary, bowel issues. About 40% of people with MS have a problem with slurred speech. …show more content…
A test called optical coherence tomography can show the health of the optic nerve, retinal nerve. People with MS, have a nerve fiber layer that is different in thickness, “A correlation coefficient of 0.46 is accepted norms. Correlation coefficients range from -1 (a perfect opposing correlation) through 0 (no correlation) to +1 (a perfect positive correlation). The correlation coefficient of Relapsing-Remitting MS jumped to 0.69” said Johns Hopkins. (John Hopkins & and Mathew Pulicken,