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How does prednisone help the demyelinating disease multiple sclerosis?
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∙ 13y ago
Prednisone is a steroid-based anti-inflammatory. It can be used via injection, taken orally, or in some forms, can be inhaled if needed. It essentially helps to control inflammation of body tissues.
When a person is experiencing a "relapse" (or a period of worsening MS disease condition), in many cases it is caused by swelling of a nerve. For example, optic neuritis, a very common symptom of MS, is caused by inflammation of the optic nerve.
Prednisone is thought to control the swelling of the nerve fibers and therefore reduce the duration of the symptoms. However, studies have shown that in some cases, treatment with prednisone did not appreciably reduce the severity or duration of the relapse.
Additionally, prednisone is a symptomatic treatment. It treats the symptoms of the disease. It does nothing to affect the overall disease course. There are other FDA-approved medications that can reduce the severity and duration of relapses, as well as slowing the progression of the disease, like Avonex, Betaseron, Copaxone, Rebif, and Tysabri.
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What happens if oligodendrocytes of the CNS are damaged?
demyelinating disease: multiple sclerosis, catastrophe, and cerebral palsy.
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the myelin sheaths. The disease is classified as demyelinating , which is also known as the degeneration of the myelin structures in the neuron.
A pathological condition in which there is progressive destruction of the myelin sheath?
Demyelinating diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Krabbe's Disease, and Guillain-Barre Syndrome involve degeneration of the myelin sheath. In these conditions, movement is limited to minimal as nerve conduction is reduced due to the loss of efficacy of the myelin.
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