Multiple Sclerosis
September 3, 2010 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
In this article we shall discuss some of the alternative therapies which may cure multiple sclerosis because there are plenty of patients who like to opt for the alternative medicine approach rather than the conventional medical cure to relieve the symptoms of MS.
No one can really guarantee the efficacy or safety of alternative cure for multiple sclerosis and this kind of cure is not certainly something that your doctor will prescribe. Usually it...
September 3, 2010 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
Multiple sclerosis is a progressively degenerative and disabling autoimmune disease that negatively targets many areas of the central nervous system as well as the white matter and produces diverse symptoms, mainly fatigue, problems with balance and coordination, sensory and visual problems, motor symptoms, bladder – urinary – sexual symptoms, cognitive symptoms and many other such symptoms.
Although it is not a life threatening or fatal disease,...
September 3, 2010 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
The problem with pregnancy with multiple sclerosis is that in many cases, the multiple sclerosis condition is identified and diagnosed just when a woman is planning pregnancy.
In the past, if a woman contracted sclerosis, she was discouraged from pregnancy.
The reason was very simple. Medical science at that time believed that multiple sclerosis could get worse due to pregnancy and childbirth.
No one would be there to mother the newborn infant. But...
September 3, 2010 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
To diagnose multiple sclerosis you have to visit a doctor who will conduct a series of physical findings and consult the results of diagnostic tests as well as look at the case history and symptoms.
Of course to diagnose MS, the doctors will look at a few criteria.
The central nervous system must be damaged at more than one place. The damages to the CNS will be due to demyelination. Another criterion that physicians will look at will involve 2 identifiable...
September 3, 2010 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune chronic progressively disabling disease that strikes the white matter and damages it as well as the central nervous system.
There is still a lot of doubt and controversy regarding what exactly causes multiple sclerosis but some studies have shown that definite roles are played by a virus, an individual’s environment as well as genetics.
The virus factor
There is no conclusive proof that multiple sclerosis is also...
November 25, 2009 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
There is treatment available for multiple sclerosis which can provide a lot of relief in the long run. Disease modifying therapies for MS came into existence from the nineteen nineties.
November 25, 2009 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
Quite a vast number of the body’s functions are controlled by the white matter and the central nervous system and when the white matter gets damaged, the kind of symptoms that are produced can be diverse and wide ranging.
November 24, 2009 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
Patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis require constant support from friends, family and from MS support groups.
November 24, 2009 | Multiple Sclerosis | 0 comments
Multiple sclerosis is usually referred to MS for short. Multiple sclerosis is usually found to strike individuals between the age group of 20 years and 40 years.