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First, see your doctor. There are medicines that slow the progression of MS. Take those before you do anything else for your MS. Second. Some people have found relief with Acupuncture and some have found that it did absolutely nothing for them. Since you expressed your question, "Can acupuncture be used to treat MS symptoms?" the answer is probably yes. You did not ask, "Will acupuncture treat MS symptoms?" That is a totally different question.
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What year did Multiple Sclerosis become treatable?
We have always been able to treat the symptoms of MS with conventional medications. However, it has only been since the early 90s that we have had medication to slow the disease progression and lessen the severity of the symptoms. Betaseron was the first medication to be approved in the United States to treat the relapsing form of the disease. All of the MS medications available today have been shown to slow the progression of the disease and to reduce the severity and duration of relapses when they occur.
What day will byram ms trick or treat?
Halloween will be on a monday for byram ms this year 2011
Around what age do symptoms of MS usually appear?
Multiple Sclerosis typically presents its first symptoms between the ages of 20 and 50. MS has been known to present in young children (Pediatric MS) and in significantly older adults. One has about a 13% chance of developing MS symptoms prior to age 20, but once an adult crosses age 50, the likelihood of developing MS drops to about 7%. Studies have shown that 2 to 5% of people diagnosed with MS had symptoms of the disease while they were still children (younger than 18).
What age does MS symptoms appear?
it usaly appers at 14
Can ms be diagnosed on smyptoms alone?
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a diagnosis of exclusion. This means that you "exclude" all other diseases or conditions that might possibly cause the symptoms being experienced. If all of the other symptoms have been excluded, the only remaining choice is MS. The primary means of diagnosing MS is through symptoms. A person needs to experience two distinct symptoms disseminated by space and time. Dissemination of space implies that different physical systems are involved, and dissemination of time means a span of time between the two isolated events. MRIs and lumbar punctures (spinal taps) are used as supporting evidence. They alone do not imply that someone has MS. They are included in the body of evidence which either supports or rejects a diagnosis of MS.
Is Avonex a proven treatment for MS?
My roommate was recently diagnosed with MS and perscribed Avonex. Has Avonex been proven to relieve the symptoms of MS? What are the side effects?
How is chemo used to treat MS?
Chemotherapy drugs are used to kill cells. In cancer, the therapy is targeted towards tumor cells, but for patients with MS, chemotherapy focuses on reducing the number of white blood cells. Because MS is an autoimmune disease, it causes the body’s own immune system to go into overdrive. The white blood cells begin to attack the brain in order to combat the disease, but this directly causes the inflammation that leads to the lesions and the symptoms. By taking chemotherapy drugs like mitoxantrone and alemtuzumab, the white blood cells are greatly reduced in an attempt to stop the attack on the brain and reduce symptoms. Using chemotherapy to treat MS is still a new process. Clinical trials have proven successful, although chemotherapy drugs often have high-risk side effects, including cardiovascular failure and leukemia. Because of this, many doctors will not consider chemotherapy as a treatment unless other treatments methods have failed.
How does heat affect multiple sclerosis?
MS patients who are exposed to heat see a temporary worsening of their symptoms; removal from the heat causes the symptoms to subside. Before MRIs were being used to more conclusively diagnose MS, doctors would sometimes place patients in a hot tub: if their symptoms got worse, and then subsided following removal from the tub, doctors would suspect MS as the cause. It is important to note that the temporary worsening of symptoms caused by heat does not affect disease progression and does not cause earlier onset of disease progression.
What are the symptoms of MS?
The symptoms of MS are slurred speach, loss of balance, bladder and bowel problems, vision disturbance, short-term memory loss, extreme fatigue, stiffness of muscles and problems with coordination. Not all occur.
What are ms symptoms?
The symptoms of MS are slurred speach, loss of balance, bladder and bowel problems, vision disturbance, short-term memory loss, extreme fatigue, stiffness of muscles and problems with coordination. Not all occur.
What are the main MS symptoms?
The symptoms of MS are slurred speach, loss of balance, bladder and bowel problems, vision disturbance, short-term memory loss, extreme fatigue, stiffness of muscles and problems with coordination. Not all occur.
Why MS-Excel is used?
ms excel is used to create spreadsheets.
