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A Meylin Sheath increases the speed of the nerve impulses and electronically insulates the fibers from one to another.
A disease that effects the myelin sheath is multiple sclerosis (MS).

The function of the myelin sheath is to act as an insulator for the nerve cell. It's kind of like the rubber casing found on the outside of wires to protect the electron movement inside and allow us not to get shocked. MS causes the destruction of the myelin sheath which causes it to scar and harden and as a result we short circuit in our body. This is equivalent to peeling off some of the rubber casing off a wire and then plugging the wire into a socket.

Some results of MS are:

-double vision

-speech impairment

-jerky limbs

-paralyzed muscles.

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