Many causes can lead to multiple sclerosis but the main cause still unknown. One of the causes is Genetics. First of all, MS is an autoimmune disease for which the immune system of the body attacks its own tissues by attacking the myelin that …show more content…
First of all, smoking, the leak in vitamin D and other environmental factors can raise the risk of Multiple Sclerosis. Vitamin D plays a big role so, people living in the temperate regions are exposed to the sunlight which gives them a high level of natural vitamin D, but the issue is that the exposure to the sunlight is related to MS by developing abnormal cells that lead to Multiple Sclerosis (what is MS national MS society). And, this disease is populated in northern Europe, UK and Canada, but the migration of people affects the distribution of MS in these countries (Multiple Sclerosis. Lancet). Also, some data shows that the exposure to some environmental agents before puberty may increase the risk of having MS (what is MS). And statistics shows that over 100,000 people in the UK have Multiple Sclerosis, and it is three times more in women than in …show more content…
Fatigue, blurry vision, strange sensations, and walking problems are the main symptoms of MS. Multiple Sclerosis affect the brain, spinal cord and the nerves of the eyes. The first symptom is blurry vision, pain in the eye when you move it. Then a person feels strange sensations including electric shocks for example when you move your head or your arms or legs you see troubles, or you will have severe itching. Fatigue will develop; the patient may feel exhausted and tired in the early morning. Also, walking problems may be seen, such as trouble walking and trouble keeping the balance (what is MS). According to Piet Mesmer in his e-book “Living with sclerosis”, symptoms of MS may come and go, in other terms, they will not show precisely unless the person goes to the doctor to be diagnosed. Also, treatments are available for such disease, and death is the result of untreated people. L’orient le jour gave an important example about a girl who was feeling terrible sensations in her legs for a week. She decided to go to the doctor on the subject of being diagnosed. This diagnosis was hard to accept. When the doctor told her that she has the MS disease, she felt like her life was ended, and she is just 29 years old. Her doctor was telling her that the disease is in early stages and treatments exist. The doctor began to explain her about her disease; the central nervous system is formed of the brain and the spinal cord,