Implications Of The Immune System And The Lymphatic System

One way the body repairs itself is through two systems working together known as the Immune System and the Lymphatic System. These are known as the body’s defense system which assists in keeping unknown Pathogens, Bacteria, and Viruses out of the body. Unfortunately, there is a likely chance that the system does not work properly. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases “Sometimes problems with your Immune system cause it to mistake your body’s own healthy cells as invaders and then repeatedly attacks them. This is called an Autoimmune Diseases.” (NIAMSD 2016). Since the Immune System covers mostly all aspects of the body an Autoimmune Disease can also effect each part of the body. Multiple …show more content…
This process occurs when the Myelin Sheath of the Nerve Fibers become damaged: “Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory disease that affects myelin, a substance makes up the membrane that wraps around nerve fibers.” (NINDS 2015). Since this is an inflammatory response it creates “Plaques” which signals the immune system to react violently towards healthy myelin sheaths. There are other certain risk factors that play a role in developing MS such as Age, Sex, Family History, Geography, and Smoking. Due to having multiple sources it makes it hard to pinpoint a definitive …show more content…
Researches continue to develop new treatment to help suppress attacks: “One of the most promising MS research areas involving naturally occurring antiviral proteins known as Interferons. Beta Interferons has been shown to reduce the number of exacerbations and may slow the progression of physical disability.” (NINDS 2015). The future of Multiple Sclerosis seems to have a slow progression due to the one factor that holds it back for actually curing it which is its cause. Although, this may not happen for quite some time treatments have been well developed to allow an easier