WHAT IS IT?Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system
Normally
Anatomy (structure) : Myelin sheaths on your nerves are fine and in good shape
Physiology (function) :Complete feeling or control, able to walk and do activates, can see perfectly unless you have glasses, the body and brain work together and do well
Disorder
Anatomy (structure): Multiple Sclerosis Myelin sheaths on your nerves deteriorate
Physiology (function): May lose the ability to walk Numbness or weakness in the limbs, flow of information from brain to body is disrupted
HOW IS IT NORMALL AND HOW IS IT WHEN SOMEONE HAS MS?
WHAT ARE SOME TREATMENT OPTIONS?
because there is no cure that has yet to be found the treatment is mostly to handle the pain and reduce some of the attacks on the body.
Medications most are experimental, Medical Marijuana, possibly surgery, comprehensive care which is where you meet with health professionals that discuss your case of MS and look for ways to help you, there are also many more ways to help that are being developed by health care professionals and researchers
No, sadly a cure has not been found yet but health care professionals and researchers are looking for more ways to help people with this autoimmune disease and are discovering more ways than we would have many of years ago.
WHAT PART OF THE BODY DOES IT AFFECT?
it effects the Brain and the Spinal cord
LINKS TO RESEARCH AND SOME INTERESTING ARTICLES
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Symptoms-Diagnosis%20Message%20sent
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.1032/full
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD004192/MS_dietary-interventions-as-complementary-therapies-for-multiple-sclerosis-ms
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.1032/full
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD002936/MS_the-use-of-immunoglobulins-antibodies-for-treating-people-with-multiple-sclerosis
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD002818/MS_the-effect-of-amantadine-for-the-treatment-of-fatigue-in-people-with-multiple-sclerosis
http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD003980/MS_the-impact-of-excercise-therapy-for-multiple-sclerosis
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ana.410130302/abstract
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