Multiple Sclerosis: Balance Deficit Study

Multiple Sclerosis in my opinion is an emotional roller-coaster. Many people with this disease experience altered emotions. I call it the unpredictable disease because you don’t know how you’re going to feel every day, yet alone in a couple of hours. It not only affects that person, but it touches their loved ones as well. Funny thing is, not everyone with Multiple Sclerosis will react the same way. You may have one person that has several reactions and another have slim to none. I do know that your first initial reaction to this disease like any other is very shocking. You may even go through a group of emotions, asking why it had to be you. Anger and Sadness is the most common reaction to have as people are first diagnosed. You also

Multiple Sclerosis known as MS is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord this disease, unfortunately has no cure, and would cause a person’s life to progress to become more and more difficult each day. They begin to lose the ability to control their body movements and make it seem almost impossible to carry out simple, everyday function (Nordqvist, 2012). Patient’s that battle diseases such as this will no longer have the will to live because they know that there health will not get any better and they will soon die a

In the world of neurology, there are a vast amount of neurological disorders, conditions, and diseases. One severe disease is known as Multiple Sclerosis. In this research essay, I will be discussing what multiple sclerosis is, symptoms, causes, personal experience, and treatments.

“Previous studies showed a high incidence of recurrent falls in people with PD, ranging from 18% to 65% in a 1-year period” (Almeida et al., 2016, p. 1075). Falls are a risk for many people with Parkinson’s disease. People who have Parksinson’s disease and have issues with gait control have frequent falls. Nurses help care for individuals who have Parkinson’s when they enter the care facility. Exercising on a regular basis can help decrease the amount of falls with patients who have Parkinson’s disease. This paper will be located in a long term care facility and discuss how decreasing falls can improve quality of life in patients who have Parkinson’s disease.

Multiple Sclerosis, commonly known as MS is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. Scientists have been studying MS since the 19th century. In MS, the body’s immune system produces cells and antibodies that attack myelin in your brain which is essential for the nerves in your brain and spinal cord to conduct electricity to perform its function. The attack on myelin results in vison loss, paralysis, numbness, muscle weakness, difficulty walking, stiffness, spasms, and bladder and bowel problems. MS has varying degrees of severity and affects people between the ages of 20-50, mostly women. Although there are treatments, there is no cause and cure yet.

Pt is a 69 y/o female referred to skilled PT due to decline in ADL’s of transfer and gait, BLE muscle weakness with decreased coordination, increasing confusion and required increasing assistance with functional ADL’s. Pt was noted with 2 fall incidents on 3/3/2018 and 3/19/2018. PMH: Alzheimer’s disease, cellulitis, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, depressive disorder. PLOF: a resident in assistive living facility (ALF), mod I with ADL’s and self care, bed mobility and transfer, SBA with ambulation w/o AD. CLOF: gait with no AD and SBA for 150’, standing dynamic balance at fair-, BLE coordination at fair-. Pt’s goal is return to prior level of function of I. The following article exploring cognitive reserve might help the patient as well as people

When considering this information, keep in mind that while you may not have MS, a lot of people do, and are diagnosed with it every day. Raising awareness about MS and getting more people involved is one of the best things you can do to helps others suffering with this

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an acquired demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that typically is diagnosed in the second or third decade of life. Normally, nerves are enclosed in myelin sheaths that help facilitate transmission of nerve impulses within the CNS and the peripheral nervous system throughout the body. In patients with MS, the myelin sheath is damaged and eventually degenerates, causing patches of scar tissue called plaques or lesions to occur anywhere randomly on the myelin sheath (Ruto, 2013). This results in impaired nerve conductivity, which interferes with message transmission between the brain and the other parts of the body. As a result, impulse transmission is altered, distorted, short-circuited, or completely absent. This interference in impulse transmission creates muscle weakness, muscle imbalance, and possibly muscle spasms with partial or complete paralysis. Multiple sclerosis also can result in visual impairment and alteration of cognitive abilities, as well as pain, numbness, or tingling sensations (Ruto, 2013).

Multiple sclerosis is a neuroinflammatory disease that affects myelin, a substance that makes up the myelin sheath, and wraps around nerve fibers or axons. Myelin is necessary for proper functioning of the nervous system. Myelinated axons are commonly called white matter. MS also damages nerve cell bodies which are found in gray matter, as well as the axons themselves in the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerve. (4) As the disease makes progress the brain’s cortex shrinks. Multiple sclerosis refers to areas of scar tissue or plaques visible in the white matter of people who have the disease. The plaques can range from small to large. Plaques are the result of an inflammatory process that causes the immune system cells to attack the myelin. MS

Multiples sclerosis, also known as MS, is a disease in which a patient’s immune system attacks his or her central nervous system. Within the central nervous system, the myelin sheaths of individual nerves are attacked and damaged causing a break in communication between the patient’s brain and his and her body. The location of this disease is within the myelin sheaths on the nerves located in the central nervous system.

The physical medical condition, Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that can develop at any time. It consists of several severe symptoms that affect the mental, physical, emotional well being, and motor functions of an individual with MS. When diagnosed with MS, there are four different typed of MS: Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS), Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS), Primary-Progressive MS (PPMS), and Secondary-Progressive MS (SPMS). These types of MS with the help of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can determine the status of the prognosis of an individual with MS. Even though there is no cure to MS. The information provided about MS is detrimental for any individual to experience. The onset and process of MS can take so much out of an individual.

Forms of physical activities are frequently present in occupational therapy techinques when the patients involved are people with multiple sclerosis. Physical activity

Multiple sclerosis is a debilitating nervous system disease that wreaks havoc on the brain and spinal cord. It causes severe damage to the myelin sheath that covers and protects your nerve cells. The damage to these protective sheaths prevents proper communication between nerve cells and slowing down or preventing communication between your brain and body, which then causes the various symptoms of the disease.

People with Parkinson’s disease can have issues with balance, strength, and posture, which can lead to falls. When one declines, it can result in reduced quality of life for the patient. Fear of falling can increase falls. Exercising on a regular basis can help decrease the number of falls with patients who have Parkinson’s disease. Evidence shows benefits when working with physical therapy in an exercise program reduces the number of falls. An exercise routine that improves balance is called speed-dependent treadmill training (SDTT). Patients use a treadmill to improve their stepping pattern, in return, improves their balance. If the patients do not exercise regularly, they may increase their risk of falling. Balance tools are used to see if patients are in danger of falling. Some of the balance tools are the Mini-Best test, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), and Fullerton Advanced Balance (FAB). Using these tools can help the nurses see if there are interventions needed. Outcomes can improve balance and quality of life.

Falling is inevitable at some point in life, and although most of the time falls are not serious, some can be life-threatening. Falls are a danger to both physical and psychological well-being because they may diminish a person’s ability to maintain an active and independent lifestyle.1 There are many factors that place individuals at risk for falls such as age, muscle weakness, difficulty with balance or walking, psychological diagnosis, and several medical conditions.1,2 Approximately one-third of people over the age of 65 fall at least once a year.3 Individuals that are status post stroke are at an increased risk of falls, making falls assessment and prevention a common priority for clinicians treating this population.1,2 Therefore, to direct the experimental methods and build on a basis of previous literature on this topic, the search began using OneSearch, CINAHL, PubMed, and