Consequences Of Multiple Sclerosis Diseases

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system and it occurs when the immune system attacks the central nervous system, which leads to de-myelination. A de-myelination disorder is a disease of the nervous system when the myelin of the neurons are damaged. Multiple sclerosis usually develops in young people but can occur in just about any age group.

Multiple sclerosis is most prominent in women. The very first case of this neural disease, multiple sclerosis was discovered in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot. Multiple sclerosis affects the brain and the spinal cord; specifically the myelin sheath of the neurons that is the membranes wrapped around the nerve fibers. These myelin sheaths electrically insulate the nerve fibers when working accurately. Despite being discovered over a century ago, there is no known cause behind multiple sclerosis.

There are ideas that the neural disease can be caused genetically, by an infection or even by other environmental factors.

There is also no known cure for multiple sclerosis disease. Treatment is used to restore the body to a somewhat normal state after an attack and is used to possibly help prevent any further neural attacks. Having multiple sclerosis disease does not affect the life expectancy of patients. Multiple sclerosis patients tend to live just as long as the non-affected population. There are a variety of symptoms that can appear in a people that might have multiple sclerosis but not all of them will appear at once. These symptoms can appear gradually and from time to time. They are weakness, fatigue, inability to balance or stand, acute or chronic pain, muscle spasms, random eye twitching along with bladder and bowl difficulties.

As mentioned earlier, there are some environmental factors that can also play a role in the development of multiple sclerosis. They are extreme stress, a decreased exposure to the sunlight, decreased Vitamin D intake and production and even excessive smoking. There are treatments available today for patients with multiple sclerosis disease but there is no known cure for the debilitating disease. The main focus of the treatments is to return the body to a normal functioning state, prevent any further neural attacks and to prevent any disability to the body. Some alternative treatments not used widely by many doctors recommend specified diet tailored to the patient, the use of hyperbaric oxygenation and different types of herbal medication.

The prognosis for people with the disease is promising despite no effective cure. Almost 40 percent of Multiple sclerosis patients reach the seventh decade of their life and 15 percent of deaths from the disease are directly related to suicide. Over 50 percent of deaths in multiple sclerosis patients are directly related to the consequences of the disease. The majority of patients with multiple sclerosis disease loss the ability to walk prior to death but 90 percent of patients are still able to walk 10 years after the disease was diagnosed. More over; the number is at 75 percent for patients who have had the disease for 15 years. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that cannot be entirely prevented nor entirely be cured. With proper treatment and care patients with the disease can somehow go about living their lives.

• John Palsson
• 02/12/2008, 10:59 AM
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