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Multiple Sclerosis Loss Of Appetite
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What Is It?
Multiple sclerosis, sometimes called just MS, is a disabling, neurological illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. The disease also is progressive, meaning it continues to get worse over time.
Nerve cells normally are surrounded by an insulating sheath made of a fatty substance called myelin that helps to transmit nerve impulses. In MS, this myelin sheath is inflamed or damaged, which disrupts or slows nerve impulses and leaves areas of scarring called sclerosis. These areas...
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From Our Experts
The Multiple Sclerosis TapestryInterviews With People Whose Lives are...
It was during my limbo days prior to my official MS diagnosis that I stumbled upon a charismatic lady named Diane J. Standiford. I was... Read more »
Avoid Depression from Multiple Sclerosis through Counseling
Concerts! Family! Vacation! Festivals! What do you do if all these things just don't carry the same excitement for you as they used to and... Read more »
How to Manage Multiple Sclerosis Relapse: The Use of Solumedrol
What is a Relapse? The definition of an MS relapse (or exacerbation) is the sudden onset of new symptoms or worsened symptoms that last... Read more »
Neuromyelitis Optica: A Sister to Multiple Sclerosis
As MS patients we all know what a demyelinating disease is, right? “...any disease of the nervous system in which the myeline sheath... Read more »
Take a Look at Some Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
The following video was created to show you what Multiple Sclerosis symptoms can look like. In this short film I will show the particular... Read more »
From Our Sources
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Associate Professor of Medicine / Neurology, Cooper University Hospital & Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on... Read more »
Multiple sclerosis
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
MS; Demyelinating diseaseTreatmentThere is no known cure for multiple sclerosis at this time. However, there are therapies that may slow the disease.... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Risk Factors
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis appear in a variety of ways. Most patients first have a single attack of symptoms, a neurological episode called a... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Interferon Beta DrugsInterferons (so-called because they interfere with viral replication) suppress inflammatory factors in the immune system that... Read more »
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