Multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder which is characterized by multiple areas of scarring to nerve fibers of the CNS. It often affects people between 20 to 40 years. Currently there are about 1.1 million people suffering from multiple sclerosis. Like most of the autoimmune diseases females are more affected than males in this disease. Multiple Sclerosis effects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). The disease commences with a discrete attack known as CIS (clinically isolated

Multiple Sclerosis, MS for short, effects approximately 5 in 10,000 people, and my step-mom Kathy happens to be one of the unlucky few (Rogner 5). MS is a disease that strikes the central nervous system, which consists of the brain and spinal chord. These two organs control the movement and function of the entire body. Inside the body of a person with MS the tube that sends signals throughout the body is either partially of fully blocked, leaving the victim with for starters, impaired vision, strength

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS 2 Abstract Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects thousands of people worldwide. No one really knows what causes the disease and there is no cure and there is not one specific test that can diagnose Multiple Sclerosis. There are many different links that are thought of that may contribute to the cause of this disease such as family history or age.. Many treatment options are available to help slow down the progression of the disease and relieve any major symptoms

Multiple sclerosis is the most common autoimmune disease effecting the central nervous system. With this being said over 400,000 people are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the United States and 200 new cases are diagnosed each week. I hope with this research I can shed some light on specifically what multiple sclerosis is, how it affects people, how doctors treat it, and how the EMS community should apply their practice. Then my goal is to better inform the EMS community in bettering patient

Multiple Sclerosis Daniel Phuong Nguyen Dr. David Chen KNES 371 1:00 p.m. December 5, 2015 Word Count: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disorder that causes the immune system to attack myelin sheath causing neurological damage to areas of the brain and causes neurological deterioration. In the brain the myelin sheath is involved with what allows for communication between brain and the body. As the disease progresses the sheath deteriorates the neurons where the myelin sheath

An overview of the chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease: Multiple sclerosis BACKGROUND The central nervous system (CNS) comprises grey matter, which contains neuron cell bodies and white matter, which contains the nerve axons. Most of the nerve axons are concentrically wrapped around by lipid-rich biological membrane, known as the myelin sheath. In the CNS, myelin is produced by oligodendrocyte. a type of glial cell. (Pfeiffer et al., 1993). These electrical insulating, multilamellar membranes

Pathophysiology Multiple sclerosis is a disease where your immune system attacks the protective barrier around your nerves, called myelin sheaths (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2014). Your immune system falsely recognizes these sheaths as being intruders in the body causing it to attack them leading to nerve damage (this is called an autoimmune disease). With this nerve damage, there is disruption of the signals being sent from your brain and travelling to the rest of the body impairing movements, causing pain

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) a disease which the immune system attacks the protective sheath also known as the myelin that covers the nerves. Damages myelin disrupts the communication between the brain and the rest of the body. The nerves itself may weaken, process that is currently irreversible. The causes for multiple sclerosis is unknown. It is an auto immune disease, which the immune system of the body attacks its own tissues. Multiple sclerosis is caused by damage of the myelin sheath. When the

Christeana Talley Mr. Gillespie English 1010 September 15, 2014 Title Incurable disease? No not me. At the young age of only fourteen I had been diagnosed with an incurable disease that would change my life FOREVER. This disease called, Multiple Sclerosis, is a non-curable neurological disease that impacts the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. It can be hereditary in some ways, but doctors have yet to find a direct cause of the disease itself. Symptoms can range from tingling or pinprick feelings

In the US alone, there are an estimated amount of 400,000 people affected by multiple sclerosis. Reports from the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation (MSF) say that approximately half a million people have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Hundreds of new diagnoses are reported every week. Typically, women between the ages of 20-50 years old are forced to face the terrible disease, men are half as likely to be diagnosed. In 1868 Jean-Martin Charcot, also known as "the father of neurology," was