My facts about Multiple Sclerosis
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- MS is a disease of the nervous system
- MS is not contagious
- People usually don't die from MS
- MS is unpredictable
- Symptoms for MS may be gamut from slight burning of vision to paralasys
- There are 200 new cases of MS reported every week
- MS is uncurable
- MS is treatable
- There are 5 clinics for MS in Massachusetts
- More than 250,000 Americans currently suffer from MS
- Most patients diagnosedare between 15-40
- Women are the victims twice as frequently as men.
- You can inherit the disease
- When the Myelin is destroyed plaques or scars develop.
- Symptoms: Weakness in muscles, changes in fealing with numbness or tingling, double vision, dizziness, or lightheadedness
- Cortisone-like substances are frequently used during acute attacks
- it is a demyelinating disease
- effects vision, speech and coordination
- lesions develop in the brain
- symptoms occur at irregular intervalts for many years
- MS is rare in Asia and Africa, and is more comment in temperate climates
- MS sufferers are to live for about 20-30 years after they are diagnosed w/ MS, but some die within weeks, and some live on for more than 50 years.
- the electromyogram, (EMG), looks at the movement of nerves in muscles, and can diagnose nerve disorders such as MS.
- there is no treatment for MS, but radiation treatments have shown to lessen the progress of the disease.
- after the first symptom another symptom may not be seen for months to years
- There are 5 clinics in Massachusetts
- MS is a disease where there is a loss of a white, fatty sheath in the brain or spinal chord called myelin
- there is no treatment for MS, but radiation treatments have shown to lessen the progress of the disease
- the cause for MS is unknown, however, researchers believe that it is caused by viral infection. Others believe that it is an autoimmune dosord