If you or a loved one has MS (multiple sclerosis), then you probably know how horrible this disease is. However, you may not know everything there is to know. Those who suffer from it, or see their loved ones suffer only see the consequences. What you see is not what is actually happening to the person's body. This article will try to shed some light on that, in simple terms.
In many ways, MS is no different, because AIDS is an autoimmune disease where the body itself attacks its own cells and tissues. What many people do not understand is why this happens. The cause of MS remains unknown. What is known is that the body's immune system not responding as it is supposed that instead of just attacking any invading virus or bacterium enters it attacks the sheath that surrounds nerve fibers. These attacks occur in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves.
The first symptoms of this attack are relatively mild and include tingling, numbness, loss of balance, weakness in limbs and blurred or double vision. As the disease progresses, symptoms become more severe. Each case of MS is different, but common symptoms in the later stages include partial or complete paralysis, loss of awareness of body parts, blindness, incontinence, memory problems, breathing problems and seizures.
The very disease strikes people between the ages of 20 and 40, but at no age are you completely immune to the disease. Women are more prone to MS than men.
Treatments for MS vary and depend mainly on the stage of MS. There are several stages as relapsing-remitting and secondary progressive MS. And then there are several treatments, depending on the actual symptoms. Obviously, with so many body parts that may be affected, the number of treatments available are also numerous. Moreover, many of the symptoms of MS are common to other illnesses, making diagnosis of this disease all that more difficult.
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Ruel has been writing articles for nearly 4 years. His newest interest is in ms. So come visit his latest website that discuss about ms treatment and protein requirements.
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