A Short Note On Chronic Disease : Multiple Sclerosis Foundation

Specific Speech Purpose: To provide my audience with information about MS and its life changing results.

MS is characterized by the destruction of myelin, inflammation in the CNS and the formation of lesions in the CNS.

Anyone can develop MS, but many patients share the following characteristics. The majority experiences their first symptoms between ages 20 and 40. Caucasians are more than twice as likely as other races to develop MS. MS is two to three times more common in women as in men. MS is five times more common in temperate climates like those of the northern US, Canada, and Europe. And people whose close relatives have MS are more susceptible to developing the disease, but there is no evidence the disease is directly inherited.

The difference between having MS and not having it is that your body will not have scars or hardened tissues which effects the CNS. Affecting the CNS is massive as it is your brain and your spinal cord which makes all the decisions for your nervous system and without a fully functioning CNS, the person will have all the effects that was said in the previous paragraph (the effects of MS) which were things like not able to walk properly, numbness and the persons eyesight becoming

(1) One third of a million Americans suffer from MS and a great percentage of those people are women. Women account for 73% of MS sufferers. (2) MS usually strikes young adults between the ages of 20 and 40 years old. (8) There are even some cases of MS being diagnosed in childhood.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS). In the United States alone, approximately 200 new cases of MS are

Look around, chances are you or someone in the room either has or knows someone with multiple sclerosis. However, you probably would not be able to tell just by looking at someone if they have MS and that is arguably one of the most frustrating effects of MS. In fact there are a lot of frustrations related to this disease, it affects every patient differently, it is difficult to diagnose, symptoms are merely managed, it is unpredictable and life altering for those with it and for those that care for them. It is estimated that over two and a half million people worldwide are affected by MS. Two hundred new diagnosis are reported every week in the United States alone, and the numbers of cases are likely much higher than

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord, particularly the central nervous system (CNS). In MS the immune system attacks the myelin, which is the protective sheath that covers the nerve fibers and causes communication between your brain and the rest of your body. Eventually, the disease can cause the nerves to deteriorate or even lead to permanent damage. They deteriorate in variable degrees and produce significant disability within 20-25 years in more than 30% of patients, (Luzzio, 2016). The majority of people diagnosed with MS are adults between the ages of 20 and 45; twice as many women are affected compared to men. However, MS can present itself in childhood or late middle age, but is uncommon. According to Goldenberg (2012), there is no known cause for this debilitating disease, but it appears to involve a combination of genetic susceptibility and a nongenetic trigger, such as a virus, metabolism, or environmental factors

Symptoms of multiple sclerosis includes early and common symptoms. Early symptoms includes: a blurred vision, cognitive problems, lacking coordination, numbness, weakness in legs or arms, and lacking balance. Common symptoms includes early symptoms as well as: a “stabbing” pain, problems with bladder, nauseous/dizziness, fatigue, spasms, problems with speech, and tremors. Physicians divided multiple sclerosis in three categories: primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary symptoms are caused by damage from the nerves on the brain or spine. This damage makes the signals more difficult to

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune disease that attacks a person Central Nervous System which includes the spinal cord, brain and optic nerves. MS is a very difficult condition to diagnose due to its exacerbations. It also is difficult to treat because no one person has the same signs and symptoms. In MS the myelin sheath that protects the CNS becomes inflamed and scarred that end up causing lesions.. The lesions cause interruption in the messages to the nerves. MS can happen at any age but mostly found in ages 15-60 and are twice as likely in women. Currently there is no known cure for MS , researchers are working tirelessly to find one.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) involves an immune-meditated process in which an abnormal response of the body’s immune system is directed against the central nervous system (CNS), which is made up of the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. MS causes the immune system to attack the myelin and nerve fibers in the central nervous system. Myelin is the fatty substance that surrounds and insulates the nerve fibers in the brain. The damaged myelin forms scar tissue called sclerosis, which is how the disease got its name. When any part of the myelin sheath or nerve fiber is damaged or destroyed, nerve impulses traveling to and from the brain and spinal cord are distorted and interrupted, producing a wide variety of symptoms, such as limited mobility, uncontrollable emotions and extreme fatigue. Symptoms are different in every case of MS therefore it can be hard to diagnose. MS is a disease that effects financial, social, and personal lives.

What causes MS is unknown; Scientists believe there are several factors that cause MS including immunologic, environmental, infectious, and genetic. MS is 2 to 3 times more common in women than men. MS is not inherited but genetics plays an important role in who gets the disease. While most people are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, young children and teenagers may develop this life altering illness. MS is more common in northern latitudes that are further from the equator and less common in areas closer to the equator however, known in all parts of the world. MS occurs in most ethnic groups, including African Americans, Asians, and Hispanics/Latinos, but are more common in Caucasians of the northern European ancestry (“What is Multiple Sclerosis”).

Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS, is a disease that obliterates the myelin that surrounds the nerve fibers in the spinal cord and the brain. MS is estimated to affect around 23 million people but it does not affect everyone who possesses it the same. There are four types of MS that one can experience; Relapsing-remitting, Secondary-progressive, Primary-progressive, and Progressive-relapsing.

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a common neurological disorder and the most common non-traumatic causes of disability in young adults (WHO, 2008). MS is a debilitating disease of the central nervous system affecting 400,000 Americans, reaching 2.5 million individuals globally, with 200 new cases diagnosed every week. (Tullman, 2013). The prevalence of MS is third highest in the Americas, with the greatest number of afflicted individuals in Europe (WHO, 2008). The WHO also suggests that MS rates increase in countries with high income compared with their low income counterparts (2008). Worldwide, the mean age of disease onset is 29.2 years, with 2 women affected for every 1 man (WHO, 2008). Clinical presentation of MS usually begins with muscle

It is included all the three main races; Chinese, Malay, and Indian but with greater popularity among ethnics Chinese (Chong Tin Tan, MD,1997).Marcia Finlayson,2012 pointed out that a few different genetic, sociodemographic and environmental have been analysed to determine who is more or less likely to get MS. Epidemiologic evidence supports there are both genetic and environmental risk factors for MS. Current evidences recommend that certain people have a genetic susceptibility to MS and they can develop MS if they are revealed to one or more environmental agents that generate the MS pathological