It isn't supposed to be this way is it? You are the parent and have children to take care of. Yet now you are faced with this disease and you wonder if in time your kids will be taking care of you. I think what breaks my heart more than the firsthand stories of what this disease is like from a patient's perspective are those stories told by the kids who have parents who have MS.
When I was first diagnosed with MS I went to the internet for information and support. There was a video...
My school of circumstance was University of Maryland, though considering my diagnosis was smack in the middle of those years, it might as... Read more »
Suicide and MS have had a long relationship. This is Suicide Prevention Week (Sept. 5-11), and Sept. 10 is Suicide Prevention Day.... Read more »
Patience. It takes a great deal of it to survive this world. Unfortunately, most of us are born without much, if any at all. For the most... Read more »
If you spend just a moment thinking about it, there are many differences faces of MS. Those persons who are diagnosed with multiple... Read more »
I don't know about you, but for me, I seem to blame any symptom on my MS. It's just so difficult to know sometimes if you're exhausted or... Read more »
The months or years of mystery have been solved. In many ways, you feel relief at having been given the diagnosis at last. MS...multiple... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
PrognosisMultiple sclerosis is not a fatal disease. Except in rare cases of severe disease, most people with multiple sclerosis have a normal or... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Interferon Beta DrugsInterferons (so-called because they interfere with viral replication) suppress inflammatory factors in the immune system that... Read more »
Corticosteroids Since 2007, high doses of intravenous corticosteroids such as methylprednisone have been the first-line treatment for the prevention of disability from acute MS attacks. Osteoporosis and reversible short-term memory loss have been...
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