Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurodegenerative disorder in the central nervous system that‚ effecting young adults‚ leading to non-traumatic disabilities. This disease starts as an auto-immune disease in which CD4 T cells cross the blood brain barrier and attack myelin sheaths of olygodendrocytes resulting in demyelination (Gandhi et al.‚ 2010; Lund et al.‚ 2013). Initially this is a transient process and re-myelination occurs‚ so initial stage of the disease is characterized
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable disease that disables the central nervous system including the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and peripheral nervous system. This disease is disabling and emotionally devastating to the person. Ultimately‚ it’s considered an autoimmune disease which means the body’s immune system attacks itself‚ causing damage to the myelin sheath‚ which covers the nerve fibers. This causes problems with the body’s communication between the brain and the nerves in rest of the body
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|Multiple Sclerosis and Living Life. | |[Type the document subtitle] | | | |Multiple sclerosis can be debilitating‚ however there are things that can be done to | |limit the amount of attacks a person may have. | |
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Multiple Sclerosis Presentation Overview History and Background of MS Description of Nervous System Courses of the disease Detailed Information on central nervous system and peripheral nervous system Pathophysiology of the disease Prognosis Remission Treatments and Medications Used Interview With MS patient (Jason) Bibliography History First case of Multiple Sclerosis was found in England in 1848. The case itself seems to have began in 1822. The only documentation that allowed to diagnose this
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Attention Getter: Imagine trying to take casual walk on a brisk autumn evening and not being able to feel your legs. This is one of the many symptoms that people with multiple sclerosis‚ also known as MS‚ deal with every day. 2. Thesis: Multiple sclerosis brings daily challenges to whomever struggles with it‚ but with the right team of doctors and medication‚ it can be maintained. 3. Motivation: My hope is that by the end of my talk tonight
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Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which your immune system attacks the protective covering of the nerves. The disease will disable the brain and the central nervous system. The main purpose of the disease is to attack the myelin; the myelin covers the nerve fibers. During the attack communication between the brain and the body is lost. In the end‚ the nerves will begin to be permanently damaged. The cause of the disease is yet to be found. Most common in people between ages fifty to sixty. Women
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Multiple Sclerosis‚ also referred to as MS‚ affects more than 400‚000 people in the United States and about 2.5 million people around the world. This is a disease that affects the nervous systems and disrupts the communication between the brain and the body. It can affect the immune system and manifest in other sicknesses. To show how one may encounter this disease‚ I’ll use as an example one man in general‚ whose name is Andrew Johnson. At the age of 32 he was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting
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Introduction Definition of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system including the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and optic nerves. The central nervous system is made up of nerve cells that send signals to each other. Each nerve cell is covered with a protective lining called myelin which acts like insulation on an electrical wire. It allows signals to pass between nerve cells at high speed. In multiple sclerosis‚ disease activity damages the myelin in a process
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History Multiple Sclerosis was first recognized as a specific disorder in 1873 in England. By the end of the century‚ after careful observation‚ most of the symptoms and some causes were known. In MS the immune system attacks the myelin of the bone that covers the nerve fibers. The MS can also attack nerve cell bodies which are located in the brain‚ it specifically influences the spinal cord‚ brain‚ and optic nerve. This then causes difficulties in communication between the brain and the rest
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Case Study on Multiple Sclerosis Carla is a 30 year-old-female college professor who was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. She presents with complaints of diplopia‚ ataxia‚ fatigue‚ muscle spasms‚ and muscle weakness. The patient is married and has 2 children‚ ages 6‚ and 8 years old. Her husband is a pilot for a major airline and is away from home often. The patient says that over the past several months her symptoms have been getting worse requiring that she miss time from
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