MS Symptoms - Strange Disease

MS Symptoms (Multiple sclerosis) is a disease that affects young adults. The disease usually begins between the ages of 20 and 50 years and two times more common in women than in men. About 20% of people affected by MS have close relatives who are also affected by this disease 

What causes MS Symptoms?

 MS Symptoms is one of the autoimmune disorder in which the immune system is misdirected because he saw the body's own cells as foreign and attack it. In MS Symptoms, the body attacks the myelin sheath that protects nerve fibers in the central nervous system. The result is several (multiple) injuries that cause scarring (sclerosis = hardening).

Myelin serves expedite the transfer of information. Without this sheath, the transmission of information from the brain to the nerves throughout the body gradually slowed or inhibited. This leads to impaired motor nerves and sensory nerves.

How can we recognize MS Symptoms?

Symptoms and signs of multiple sclerosis vary widely, depending on the part of the central nervous system is affected. Each patient had clinical symptoms and disease progression vary. All elements of the physical, sensory and motor may be affected in varying degrees. Most people with MS experience more than one symptom. The following symptoms are common to many people, but no one has all the same symptoms :

• Impaired vision, blurred vision, double vision / ghosting (diplopia), suddenly blind in one eye, uncontrolled eye movements, total blindness (extremely rare).
• Motor symptoms: muscle weakness that prevents local movements, difficulty controlling movement, trembling.
• Impaired sensibility: the reduction of sensitivity in some parts of the body, stiffness, itching or brief localized pain, a feeling of shock.
• Cognitive symptoms: problems with multiple brain functions such as memory, attention disorders, etc. 
• Urinary disorders: urinary incontinence. 
• Impaired balance and coordination: loss of balance.

MS Symptoms is a relapsing-remitting disease, with symptoms arise in the period between cycles interspersed with no symptoms (asymptomatic). But there are also forms of MS to slow growing and evolving. In this case, the symptoms progress slowly, but steadily and without asymptomatic period.
MS Symptoms is a disease that is erratic and unpredictable. A person with MS can be serious relapse and worse, so it seems to be always in a wheelchair, then suddenly get better and be able to walk again. This causes difficulties in some cases to predict the progression of the disease (complete healing, healing while, deteriorate, etc.).

How to treat MS Symptoms ?

MS Symptoms is still not curable, but it is not lethal. There is a possible treatment to delay disease progression and reduce the spread, intensity and duration of symptoms. Injections of corticosteroids may be used for this purpose. Immunosuppressive treatment is sometimes used but has the disadvantage as they often have side effects. MS Symptoms conducted multidisciplinary treatment involving at least one neurologist and a rehabilitation physician.