The treatment works by decreasing levels of the bad immune chemicals and making white cell membranes more pliable. Steroids can also help by reducing the swelling around the MS lesions, which causes better nerve transmission through the damaged area. (Steroids, MS Drugs). Kathy was experiencing common issues associated with multiple sclerosis, symptoms such as numbness and weakness or loss of muscle movement. These problems are due to the loss of myelin sheath around axons in the CNS, the impulses are not being properly communicated.…
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease where the immune system in the body attack myelin sheath. This attacked wil lead to disruption of communication between brain and other parts of the body that will cause the nerve impulse to be transmitted slower and less efficient compared to normal transmission. Myelin sheath has a very sensitive structure which susceptible to injuries such as hypoxemia, toxic chemical, muscular insufficient and autoimmune response. The sheath becomes inflamed and the membrane layers break down into smaller patches of scar tissue called plaques. This process is called demyelination.…
When the myelin sheath does not grow or function properly, it leads to nervous system damage. What the disorder affects (cells, organs, systems, populations?): This disorder is a genetic degenerative disorder that affects the central and peripheral nervous systems. The symptoms include irritability, unexplained fever, limb stiffness, seizures, feeding difficulties, vomiting, and slowing of mental and motor development. Additional symptoms include muscle weakness, spasticity, deafness, and blindness.…
MS is a disease that damages the myelin sheath the covers neurons affecting the overall communication of the nervous system. Since similar damage occurs in leukoencephalopathy with neuroaxonal spheroids it easy to understand why symptoms might mimic those of MS. The disruption of communication between the nervous system consequently result in the scarcity of cognition, sensation, and motor movement. Some of these symptoms include blurred or double vision, muscle spasms, difficulty walking, or swallowing, changes in mood, depression, fatigue, vertigo or dizziness, headaches, problems with speech and breathing, tremor headache and hearing loss. The challenge with this disease is most of the symptoms correlate with several different types of disease.…
Multiple Sclerosis - Kellie McThenia Multiple Sclerosis involves an immune-mediated process in which an abnormal response of the body 's immune system is directed against the central nervous system. Within the central nervous system or CNS, the myelin sheath (fatty substance that surrounds the nerve fibers) is attacked by the immune system. This forms scar tissue, or sclerosis (scler/ o meaning hard, -osis meaning abnormal condition or disease). The damaged or destroyed myelin sheath or nerve fibers results in interrupted nerve impulses to the brain, which leads to a variety of symptoms that will be discussed later in this paper.…
“Nehme and Therese Tohme Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center-AUBMC”. AUBMC. Accessed 11 March 2017 “Overview- Multiple Sclerosis”. Mayo Clinic. Oct 1, 2015.…
Multiple sclerosis is a standout amongst the most misjudged illnesses of this century. Since its disclosure, there are still no known reasons, no demonstrated medicines, and no known cure, yet it influences conceivably five hundred thousand individuals in the United States alone. Individuals need to take in more about this infection so it can be conveyed to the country's consideration. Different Sclerosis is a focal's ailment sensory system. It pulverizes the greasy myelin sheath that protects your nerve cells.…
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that affects the central…
Multiple Sclerosis: The Psychological Effects of Parental MS on Adolescents and Children Jessica Houge Greenville Technical College Abstract This paper defines multiple sclerosis and explores three articles that report on the behavioral and emotional psychological effects of adolescents who have a parent with multiple sclerosis (MS). The articles vary from professional studies to personal documentation.…
1. The peripheral nervous system, which is divided into the sensory and motor divisions, is involved in physical sensation. Sensory impulses move though the body by being stimulated by a receptor in the skin. It then travels to the sensory neurons and through the afferent fibers, were it will end up at the spinal cord as well as the brain.…
Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects about 2.3 million people from around the world and women are affected by it by about two times more than men. For characteristics, MS has three different phenotypic subtypes; progressive relapsing MS, secondary progressive MS, and primary progressive MS. The causes of multiple sclerosis are uncertain, but it is considered an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is where the immune system attacks its own tissue. MS is thought to be responsible for environmental factors and genetics.…
Multiple sclerosis affects the spinal cord and the brain. There's a lot of ways to determine if you have multiple sclerosis because a lot of people might not know the symptoms of it until it is to late. Which that includes weakness ,not having the energy to get up and do anything, bladder issues, vision get very blurry, pain as in your muscles and neurologic. My grandmother has Multiple Sclerosis and at first she had some of these symptoms she didn't understand why until she went to the doctor. It's a very hard disease to handle.…
The specific cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown and still under researched. Patient that have infected by Epstein-Barr virus or human herpes virus 6 usually will get multiple sclerosis and caused their immune system stop…
There are treatments you can take to lessen the effects, but the disease incurable. My grandma and my mom’s twin sister both have MS. Seeing what my grandma has been and is going through it is tough think about what my aunt Jen is going to go through as she gets older. Luckily, she has been starting to take at-home shots for the nerve damage, but they get very expensive, and they have negative side-effects.…
Questions 1. How does Mairs organize her essay? What connects the different parts to each other? Mairs organizes her essay in a narrative.…