Multiple Sclerosis is often known as the “great crippler of young adults.” It causes various forms of sensory and motor skill problems as the disease progresses. MS affects a wide variety of people in any age group. MS is a long-term condition. Relapses are common and can last for up to 24 hours and several factors have been identified. There is no known cause for Multiple Sclerosis‚ but that does not stop scientist from trying to figure one out. Multiple Sclerosis is a “chronic inflammatory‚ demyelinating
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MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS A. What is Multiple Sclerosis? a. Multiple Sclerosis‚ also known as MS‚ causes a feeling of numbness throughout the body‚ deterioration of one person’s balance‚ muscle control‚ and sight. b. Multiple Sclerosis affects nerves of the brain and the spinal cord. c. In 1873‚ it was discovered in England by Dr. Moxon and in 1878 by Dr. Edward Seguin in the United States. B. Different types of MS a. One type is exacerbation of multiple sclerosis which is when someone starts to
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In the winter of 2010‚ my mother was diagnosed with Aggressive Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by her neurologist through a number of tests. This was the end result after months of going from doctor to doctor without an answer to what the issue was. In my case‚ having been with my mother during the process of determining what condition was plaguing her‚ I was given a chance to reflect on the importance of little things in life and develop my zeal to put forth my best effort in situations that
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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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Journal Article Critique I chose to read the article‚ “Osteoporosis in multiple sclerosis” written by Andrew P Hearn and Eli Silber. It is an understanding about osteoporosis and the connection it might have with multiple sclerosis (MS) compared to patients that do not have multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a neurological disability that affects a great amount of young adults. The longer a person has multiple sclerosis‚ the more the person loses strength in there bones. Osteoporosis occurs
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Vitamin D Levels and Multiple Sclerosis Alicia R. Turner ITT TECH Institute Vitamin D Levels and Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is an auto-immune deficient disease with no known cure to date. Multiple Sclerosis is damage done to the fatty sheath‚ myelin‚ which insulates the nerve fibers in the brain. Multiple Sclerosis symptoms or flare-ups‚ as they are often referred‚ may include seizures‚ double vision‚ numbness‚ muscle control‚ difficulty with speech and ability to
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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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nerve cells and fibers that transmit the messages severely impairs the body’s ability to carry out complex function. Once a disruption occurs‚ one may never recover and neurological function will steadily degrade. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that disrupts this network. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological disease in young adults between 20 and 40 years of age. It is an autoimmune disease‚ meaning that it results from the body’s immune system attacking its own cells.
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if problems appear brain will lose its ability to control the body system. There are several neurological disorders that can affect the brain and the most common type is Multiple Sclerosis. This essay will describe what the disease does and will explain in details the most common type of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
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Milano (2005) states that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease people live with for 30 to 40 years. That is a long time to be living with a disease so incapacitating. Many people do not know about Multiple Sclerosis and its effects on the individuals with this debilitating disease. Further insight will be given on the causes‚ prevalence‚ racial disparity‚ treatments‚ research‚ funding‚ and future studies. According to the Institute of Medicine‚ Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic‚ inflammatory‚ demyelinating
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