Multiple sclerosis is a chronic‚ progressive neurological disease affecting all aspects of life: physical‚ cognitive‚ emotional‚ and social (Abma). It is known as an autoimmune disease‚ Where the body’s immune system turns against the body and destroys the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells. This damage to the nerve cells causes many problems for the patient including weakness‚ muscle stiffness‚ poor coordination and balance‚ tingling‚ numbness‚ tremors‚ blurred vision‚ slurred speech
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Multiple Sclerosis Human Anatomy and Physiology You pick up the telephone to call your friend. You dial a number which will‚ in effect‚ let the phone know where to send the signals. Except unknown to you‚ something has worn away the rubber which covers and protects the wires within your phone. Some signals cannot get through‚ and the ones that do are unclear. As a result your important information does not get conveyed to your friend.
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Pathophysiology of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system‚ affecting the brain and spinal cord. MS affects approximately 400‚000 people in the United States alone. The onset of MS is usually between 20 and 40 years of age and is more common in women; men may have a more severe progressive course (Luzzio‚ 2013). Life expectancy is shortened in persons with MS‚ and the survival rate is linked to disability
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2007 Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system that affects the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and the optic nerves. In MS‚ the myelin sheath‚ a fatty tissue that surrounds and protects nerve fibers‚ is damaged. Inflammation also occurs which further destroys the sheath and eventually the nerves that it encompasses. This leads to areas of multiple scarring or sclerosis which can slow down or even block nerve signaling
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people argued that Multiple Sclerosis is for adults and Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis is only for children‚ but studies have shown that that is not the case. MS is usually seen in adults but it can also be seen in children‚ although it is less frequent. MS affecting children under the age of 18 is known as pediatric multiple sclerosis. Many but not all argue that adult MS is the same as pediatric MS; conversely there are many people that could argue that that is not the case. An article written
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M What is multiple sclerosis is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord resulting in loss of muscle control‚ vision‚ balance‚ and sensation. In the U.S. one in 1‚000 people have MS. Did you know that there are four types of MS. The first one is Relapsing/remitting multiple sclerosis in which the patient has relapses or episodes of the disease. Slightly over 80% of those suffering from multiple sclerosis begin with this type. The second one is Secondary progressive MS usually a second stage
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Dietitians and Multiple Sclerosis Ryan Herndon Kaplan University Professor Seeman June 26‚ 2012 Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (PubMed Health‚ 2012). Approximately 250‚000 to 350‚000 people have been diagnosed with M.S. in the United States (Schoenstadt‚ 2006). Every week‚ 200 new people are diagnosed with M.S. in our country (National MS Society‚ n.d.). M.S. can affect each person differently. Damage to the myelin in the Central
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Multiple-Sclerosis Alicia Robinson Alaina Geeter Lecture 2113/4 Fall 2014 Dr. Rizk Multiple sclerosis‚ also known as MS‚ is one of the most common diseases of the nervous system. It has been around for over a century‚ before doctors even knew what it was. MS is a disabling disease of the central nervous system‚ or CNS‚ that disrupts the flow of communication and information between the brain and the body. It affects various parts of the body and is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. In MS
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Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis [MS] is a chronic‚ autoimmune‚ inflammatory‚ neurodegenerative condition of the central nervous system [CNS] (Boppanna‚ Huang‚ Ito & Dhib-Jalbut‚ 2011) characterized by demyelination and axonal loss (Chastain‚ Duncan‚ Rodgers & Miller‚ 2011). MS expresses itself in 4 forms: relapsing remitting MS [RRMS]‚ secondary progressive MS [SPMS]‚ primary progressive MS [PPMS]‚ and progressive relapsing MS [PRMS] (Boppanna‚ Huang‚ Ito & Dhib-Jalbut‚ 2011).
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Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable disease that affects the central nervous system. MS is a disabling disease that disrupts the flow of information within the brain‚ and between the brain and the rest of the body. MS destroys myelin‚ which is a protein that protects nerve cells‚ and when myelin is destroyed‚ signals travelling through the nerve cells are interrupted or delayed (Carter-Batiste‚ 2013). Mr. John Smith will be a new employee on our campus‚ and he will serve as one of our assistant
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