Multiple Sclerosis

you stupid you have your own body then you can take an example of it that why di you need a body you are not an organism that you can live without BODY..

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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society was founded on March 11, 1946 in the United States. It was originally called the Association for Advancement of Research on Multiple Sclerosis. The society is currently headquartered in New York City.

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Mississippi has the initials MS.

anyone really ... my mom has it but we are very grateful that she doesnt have it bad. she can walk fine unlike most MS patiens. hope this helped

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I have had ms for 5 yrs and I am doing great. I follow the vitamin and eating regimen of a Naturopath and Nutritionist named Ann Boroch. She wrote a book Healing Multiple Sclerosis. She was diagnosed with MS and has been symptom free for over 10 years.

She has a practice in Studio City, CA.

I've seen her and my life has been changed!!

Loss of balance ,slurred speech, double vision, emotional disturbances.

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I recently had a burning feeling on the back of my right hand too, but directly after I noticed a golf ball sized purple lump appear which scared me. It appeared I had burst a vein in my hand. ( there are many diff. kinds and sizes of blood vessels that can break) It happened again 2 weeks later but this time on my arm. This time I went to the ER. My blood pressure was 170 over 120....way to high. I am seeing a couple specialists about it this week.

For me, the burning sensation was my veins bursting I guess. I would advise you to be aware of anything like I mentioned, and get it checked out. Good luck!

Herpes and MS are not related.

How ever if some one does have MS and herpes, then their immune system can be lowered or stress could be causing break outs or more freequent break outs.

No, it is a genetic disorder. Actually, it's an autoimmune disorder, although people may have a genetic predisposition for getting MS. You can't catch it, but sometimes an infection (or any other type of stress to the body) can be the trigger which allows it to start.

These are two different problems. Multiple Sclerosis is where areas in the brain and spinal cord lose their protein insulation, and Spinal stenosis is where there is an encroachment on the cord, usually occurring in the lower back area. This is to say that (most likely) arthritis occurs at the end plate (extreme bottom, or top of vertebrae, and the adding on of new bone to those areas causes the spinal canal to become smaller, eventually resulting in pressure on the spinal cord.

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I have been having problems with relapsing of my multiple sclerosis (MS). How well does the treatment from/of Avonex work to combat this?

Your EEG (electroencephalogram, or measure of brain activity) is not normally affected by MS. But your EEG can tell you about MS if used in conjunction with another diagnostic tool called a VEP (visual evoked potential) test. In a VEP test, you are seated in front of a computer screen while connected to an EEG. The screen displays different patterns (flashing dots or checkerboards), and the EEG measures the brain's response to the stimulus. More importantly, the brain records the delay between the stimulus and the brain's response. When someone with MS has Optic Neuritis, the signals from the eyes to the brain are delayed, and the VEP test will show this.

While we can't predict with single-person accuracy who will and will not develop MS, we can tell you the odds. This is done using epidemiology, or the study of disease patterns.

For example, we know that you have a higher risk of developing MS if you have a first-degree relative (parent, sibling, etc) who also has MS. In general, people have about a 1 in 750 risk of developing MS. If you have a first-degree relative with MS, that risk increases to anywhere between 1 in 100 and 1 in 40.

It's not all genetics, though. You can see this through the "identical twin" example. If you have an identical twin (someone with your exact gene structure, etc) who has MS, your risk of developing MS is 1 in 4. If it were all genetic, your risk would be 100%, but the fact that your risk is only 25% means that there are other factors involved, such as ethnicity, geography, and some infectious trigger which all lead to the development of MS.

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The answer is "it depends." MS, by itself, does not affect the immune system, discounting the autoimmune response which triggers it. Other immune function still occurs normally. This means that if a person with MS catches the H1N1 virus (the swine flu), he is affected the same as someone without MS.

The medications, however, that the person with MS is taking can potentially cause an increased risk of infection. If the person is taking immunosuppressant medications, such as Novantrone, the person is more susceptible to any viral or bacterial infection because of the induced decrease in immune system activity. Users of the immunomodulating drugs such as Rebif, Betaseron, Copaxone, Avonex, or Tysabri are not any more susceptible to viral or bacterial infections than someone without MS.

HIV destroys the body's immune system while multiple sclerosis causes the immune system to become less efficient