Multiple sclerosis

Dustin Smalley Biology 257 May 4, 2016 Multiple Sclerosis What is Multiple Sclerosis? Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which the immune system eats away at the protective myelin coating on the nerves causing communication issues within the brain and body. It’s not contagious, but it effects approximately 2.3 million people around the world, usually between the ages of 20 and 50 years. There are different types of MS and a very broad range and severity of…

Multiple Sclerosis in my opinion is an emotional roller-coaster. Many people with this disease experience altered emotions. I call it the unpredictable disease because you don’t know how you’re going to feel every day, yet alone in a couple of hours. It not only affects that person, but it touches their loved ones as well. Funny thing is, not everyone with Multiple Sclerosis will react the same way. You may have one person that has several reactions and another have slim to none. I do know…

My multiple sclerosis has been progressing and causing me bladder and bowel issues. I also am having much more problems with my memory and cognition. I feel as if my depression is getting worse as well. My mobility has been a big problem on certain days, and I am not able to predict when these problems will arise. I am having a very hard time attending school no due to increasing fatigue. I was told by doctors when I was 14 years of age that after doing a spinal tap I was suspected to have…

aetiology of multiple sclerosis has been an intensely researched topic for several years. With many studies investigating different environmental and genetic risks, it is clear that multiple sclerosis is a complex multi factorial demyelinating disorder which has affected approximately 2.5 million people worldwide. In recent years, there has been a new area of research in multiple sclerosis which has engaged the interest of many scientists; the relationship between multiple sclerosis and vitamin…

Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is an immune-mediated progression in which an atypical reaction of the body’s immune system is charged against the central nervous system (The National Multiple Sclerosis Society). The central nervous system includes the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. The antigen — or object the immune cells are triggered to attack — remains unidentified, which is why MS is regarded by many specialist to be "immune-mediated" instead of "autoimmune." The immune system…

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…

There is no cure for Multiple Sclerosis (MS). The treatment for MS more so focuses on slowing the progression of the disease, managing the symptoms, and speeding up recovery from MS attacks. Some people do not have treatment at all because their symptoms are mild. The treatments for MS vary depending on the persons’ progression of the disease. Treatments include physical therapy, plasma exchange (plasmapheresis), and oral medications such as corticosteroids and muscle relaxants. Many people also…

The essay is about Nancy’s experience with multiple sclerosis (MS) and how society viewed disability in terms of attitude and language usage. One of the mean reasons why she wrote this essay is to analyze and critique the society view on disability while she also was explaining her experience with MS. For instance, she critiqued society ideal beauty standers. She explained that while beauty standers may change over the time, these standers had never included disable women. She also critiqued…

specifically stories of her experience with multiple sclerosis. This has a couple of purposes; it helps us learn of a life of multiple sclerosis through her experiences and how she personally deals with the disease. For example, she retells a small experience with her daughter, Anne. The essay is also written with a lot of her monologue and inner musings. Each section of the essay highlights the struggles and disadvantages of living with multiple sclerosis and being crippled. Maris then follows…

The project 's aim was to find out how knowledgeable the public are in their understanding of Multiple Sclerosis with regards to the disease, symptoms, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment. To find out how knowledgeable the public was a primary research method was produced to collect the raw data which was then analysed to determine how knowledgeable the public are. It was decided to use a self-completion questionnaire to carry out the research. Self-completion questionnaires are a type of…