Multiple Sclerosis

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

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.

No but many levaquin side effexts are similar to MS. I was treated with this drug and for about 4 years believed I had MS.

Prerotuliana is spanish for pre-patellar - I think it may refer to the bursa. Hyperintense is a description from a radiology report.

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.

Multiple Sclerosis can cause changes in cognitive function, including problems with memory, attention, and problem-solving. While some of these symptoms can be treated in the same way and with the same medications that ADD (or ADHD) is treated, ADD is not directly related to MS (i.e. they don't have the same cause).

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks nerve fibers of the central nervous system, causing lesions on nerves and brain tissue. These areas of demyelination produce various symptoms such as the cognitive symptoms noted above.

Attention Deficit Disorder (or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) is a permanent, developed brain issue in which the brain does not adequately produce neurotransmitters in proper levels, causing a lack of attention. Medications can effectively treat this condition.

Yes, he was diagnosed in 1986.

There is a very wide range of severity for different cases of multiple sclerosis; it can cause only minor problems such as a reduced sense of balance, all the way to complete paralysis. Most people who have multiple sclerosis are able to participate in normal social functions. Even in a relatively severe case, in which the person is confined to a wheelchair, it is still possible to participate in most social functions. Some social functions, such as dancing, would become impossible. But travel, earning a living, using a computer, and so forth, remain possible.

The National MS Society raises money by doing MS walks and MS biking. You can also volunteer or set up a community fund raiser near you. www.nationalmssociety.org has a lot of info on this subject too.

PLS affects a part of the neuron called the cell body (or soma). Specifically, it is the cell bodies of upper motor neurons that are affected.

Many MS patients are temperature sensitive. In hotter weather or during a period of raised body temperature, their MS symptoms worsen. Most frequently, vision is affected and muscle weakness occurs.

About two-thirds of MS patients experience pain at some point during the course of the disease and 40% are never pain free. MS causes many pain syndromes; some are acute, while others are chronic. Some worsen with age and disease progression. Pain syndromes associated with MS are trigeminal (facial) pain, powerful spasms and cramps, optic neuritis pain, pressure pain, stiffened joints, and a variety of sensations including feelings of itching, burning, and shooting pain.

The Lhermitte's sign can occur, which is actually more of a symptom than a sign. A tingling or electric-like sensation down the back and legs is felt upon flexing the neck. The symptom is non-specific, but occurs more frequently in MS than in any other condition and provides an important clue to the correct diagnosis.

Urinary incontinence affects up to 90% of people with multiple sclerosis and usually occurs before major physical disability is apparent. Bladder problems are due to plaques in the spinal cord. If demyelination occurs in both controlling pathways, the bladder will neither store urine nor empty it properly. Constipation affects about 40% of people with MS. Bowel incontinence and urgency of defecation can also occur in about half of people with MS.

Fatigue is a common complaint in MS. Characteristics of fatigue include muscle weakness, coordination problems, ataxia, transient deafness, changes in taste or smell and numbness of the extremities. Spasticity occurs in up to 90% of MS patients and it can be painful and distressing. Spasticity is characterized by weakness, loss of dexterity, and the inability to control specific movements. It is usually more severe in the legs and torso.

Sexual dysfunction is common among people with multiple sclerosis. If MS damages the nerve pathways from the brain to the sexual organs via the spinal cord, sexual response can be directly affected. Physicians and people with MS often neglect to deal with this aspect of the disease, and both treatments and strategies for success are available.

Depression is common in MS; some studies show that over 50% of people with MS have depression at some point in their lifetime. There is also an increased risk of suicide. If depression is present, it should be treated prior to initiating MS therapy. Depression in those with MS is treated in the same way as the general population.

Prognosis

It is generally very difficult to predict the course of MS. The disorder varies greatly in each individual, but most people with MS can expect to live 95% of the normal life expectancy. Some studies have shown that people who have few attacks in the first several years after diagnosis, long intervals between attacks, complete recovery from attacks, and attacks that are sensory in nature (i.e., numbness or tingling) tend to fare better. People who have early symptoms of tremor, difficulty in walking, or who have frequent attacks with incomplete recoveries, or more lesions visible on MRI scans early on, tend to have a more progressive disease course.

Refer to:

http://www.answers.com/multiple-sclerosis?cat=health&gwp=11&method=3&ver=2.3.0.609

yuoou can't really see properly. i saw this video once that said it is like looking through bubble wrap. :(

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A number of things can cause this symptom. Diabetes, a nervous system problem or disease, or just simple poor circulation can all be causes.

Connective Tissue

http://www.articledoctor.com/diseases-multiple-sclerosis/multiple-sclerosis-and-connective-tissue-disease-1243

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Unrelated to any evaluation of the heart, the Valsalva maneuver also is taught to patients with multiple sclerosis who are unable to fully empty the bladder (flaccid bladder).

There are 1000 milliseconds(ms) in a second.

I can only speak for me. That said, yes, different weather conditions do affect my symptoms.

I seem to "short circuit" more. I get brain freeze or slowed thinking and reaction times. It affects my vision. My gait becomes "stiff", sometimes my legs feel like they "lock". This seems to be the result of the extreme weather, such as, high pressure from snow or rain storms, dampness and heat.