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Multiple sclerosis Is a disease in which the immune system attacks the bodys nerve cells?
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∙ 14y ago
Yes, sort of. In MS patients, leukocytes have crossed the blood-brain barrier and have entered into the central nervous system. There they attack the oligodendrocytes and the myelin sheaths they have produced to protect nerve axons. This can directly cause damage to the nerve or it can leave the nerve unprotected. Also, it greatly slows down the action potential in affected neurons, inhibiting nerve functioning in inflicted areas.
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What does a ms degree means?
MS is short for Multiple Sclerosis. Its an auto immune disease that attacks the brain and spinal cord.
Why is MS considered to be autoimmune?
An autoimmune disease is one in which the immune system mistakenly attacks the host which it is protecting. In Multiple Sclerosis, the immune system attacks and destroys the myelin sheath surrounding nerve fibers, leaving behind hard plaques or scars (called scleroses, thus "multiple sclerosis" meaning "many scars").
What disease causes the immune system to attack the central nervous system?
Multiple sclerosis
Is a chronic inflammatory disease of the nervous system in which immune cells attack myelin sheat of the nerve cell axons?
are you asking 'what is the chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin sheath of nerve cell axions? if that is your question, the answer is Multiple Sclerosis.
Is multiple sclerosis bacterial or viral?
It is neither bacterial nor viral. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease. That means that your body's immune system is attacking parts of your body. In the case of multiple sclerosis the immune system is attacking the protective cover around the nerve cells.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune attacks the body's nerve cells around what age do the symptoms of MS most usually appear?
The onset of MS is usually at age 20 to 40 years
Where does the name multiple sclerosis come from?
Multiple sclerosis means "many scars." This name comes from the pathology of the disease, where nerve cells are attacked by the immune system. T-cells will destroy the myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells, leaving hard, plaque-like regions called scleroses.
Are Multiple Sclerosis Crohns and trigger finger all Autoimmune related?
Multiple Sclerosis is thought by some scientists to be an autoimmune disease, but some disagree. Crohn's disease used to be described as an autoimmune disease, but more recent reseach has revealed it to be an immune deficiency state. Trigger Finger is also not an autoimmune disease.
What is action taken by the immune system that causes Multiple sclerosis?
Multiple Sclerosis effects the myeline sheath of the spinal cord
Differences between multiple sclerosis and HIV associated demintia?
HIV destroys the body's immune system while multiple sclerosis causes the immune system to become less efficient
What is it called when the nervous systems sends white blood cells the wrong information and tell them to kill fat that is not foreign?
When the immune system attacks part of the body, rather than foreign organisms or substances, that is called an auto-immune disease. The disease of multiple sclerosis (M/S) is caused by this; the immune system attacks the myelin sheath of nerve cells. Myelin is a type of fat, needed to insulate nerve axons so that nerve messages can be transmitted successfully.
Is there a correlation between Multiple Sclerosis and Anxiety Disorder?
multiple sclerosis may be the body's delayed immune reaction to viruses such as measles, Herpes simplex, rubella, and parainfluenza.
