Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease that causes dysfunction in the nerve cells of the brain‚ spinal cord and motor cortex. ALS usually targets the lower back first and work it’s way up. The symptoms can vary between difficulty in lifting a pen‚ muscle spasms‚ tiredness from arm or leg movement‚ change in pitch of voice and many others. Joe is at high risk of having ALS Disease. He is showing basic symptoms and need to have some test ran. He has had a viral infection‚ has
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Exercise and Multiple Sclerosis Rebecca Milligan April 29‚ 2010 Participation in an exercise program can be a challenge for most people‚ but it can be especially difficult if someone loses mobility as a result of a chronic condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS). While these challenges may often seem insurmountable‚ there are many strategies that make it possible for people with MS-related mobility problems to participate in‚ and gain significant benefit from‚ a carefully designed and customized
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic‚ progressive‚ degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It usually affect’s young adults between the ages of 20 and 40. MS frequency of occurrence is rare. Only afflicts about 10% currently about 400‚000 in the United States and 1 million worldwide. The disease basically takes one of four potential directions once established. Relapsing remitting involves about 85% of those affected. Flare-up episodes with worsening conditions are followed by partial
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everyone will know that you are my disciples‚ if you love one another.” John 13:35 A colleague’s wife was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). They battled the disease together for a few years‚ until Robert (not his real name) became attracted to another woman and left his sick wife. Compare that love to the commitment Bruce Merrick has for his wife. Gina has battled Multiple Sclerosis for most of her adult life. MS is an inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system. The chronic disease
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The symptoms of multiple sclerosis depend on where the damage occurs. The most common symptoms of multiple sclerosis are fatigue‚ weakness‚ numbness‚ vision problem‚ spasticity‚ bowel problem and otherwise Firstly‚ fatigue for peoples with multiple sclerosis is different from other fatigue‚ it occurs when nerve deteriorated in the spinal column. It occurs suddenly and easily. Even after a good night sleeps they tend to feel tired when wake up in the morning and get worse as the day progresses. They
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Signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis vary from each individual and are dependent on the location of the affected nerve fibers. Common symptoms include: numbness and weakness that occurs in one or more limbs and usually occurs on only one side of the body at a time‚ partial or complete loss of vision in usually one eye‚ pain with eye movements‚ double vision that lasts for a long period of time‚ fatigue‚ slurred speech‚ tremors‚ unsteady gait‚ tingling or pain throughout body‚ problems with bowel
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In the winter of 2010‚ my mother was diagnosed with Aggressive Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS) by her neurologist through a number of tests. This was the end result after months of going from doctor to doctor without an answer to what the issue was. In my case‚ having been with my mother during the process of determining what condition was plaguing her‚ I was given a chance to reflect on the importance of little things in life and develop my zeal to put forth my best effort in situations that
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Living with a Chronic Illness such as Multiple Sclerosis SOC 313 Social Implications of Medical Issues July 8‚ 2013 Abstract Multiple Sclerosis better known as MS is a disease people live with for 30 to 40 years. This is a long time living with such a painful disease. Many people do not know about Multiple Sclerosis and its effects on the individuals with this debilitating disease. More insight will be given on the cause‚ prevalence‚ racial disparity treatments research funding and future
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because of possible multiple sclerosis‚ and I am requesting an MRI of the brain and spine. Please fax the results to me as soon as possible. Regards‚ Ruben Delgadillo‚ M.D. Answer the following questions. 1. What could have caused Myelin’s disease? This may be a hereditary situation. Unfortunately‚ there is not a cure for multiple sclerosis so it could be a case of being passed down from generation to generation. Normally‚ when a person has multiple sclerosis‚ the person will have
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Topic: Multiple Sclerosis I. Introduction a. Attention Device: i. How many of you know somebody living with multiple sclerosis (MS)? ii. According to the National MS Society‚ it’s estimated that some 400‚000 Americans have MS‚ with women developing the disease at twice the rate of men. b. Thesis: i. Multiple sclerosis is a very devastating and debilitating disease. MS is important to me because my mother was diagnosed with MS the summer of 2009. I’ve witnessed the long-term effects of this disease
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