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.…
11. Copaxone is a steroid that helps to protect the myelin in the nervous system. It doesn’t cure MS, but it reduces the relapses that MS causes (“Copaxone”). 12. Kathy would experience altered sensations in her lower body because the nerves were not functioning properly.…
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.…
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Questions 1. How does Mairs organize her essay? What connects the different parts to each other? Mairs organizes her essay in a narrative.…
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.…
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Rehabilitation allows the MS patient to build and maintain strength and maintain cognition. Complementary and alternative medicine include a proper diet, exercise, stress management, and even acupuncture. The most important concept in helping individuals affected by MS is to provide support and understanding of the…
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.…
There is no cure for ALS, but there is a drug called “Riluzole. Riluzole is known for reducing damage to motor neurons by decreasing the release of glutamate.” (ninds.nih.gov) other treatments of ALS are designed to relieve symptoms and improve the life for the person with the disease. When the patient is unable to do stuff on their own, a nurse or health assistant will come to the patient’s home. The nurse or health assistant would provide care for the patient and the patient’s family.…
The essay is about Nancy’s experience with multiple sclerosis (MS) and how society viewed disability in terms of attitude and language usage. One of the mean reasons why she wrote this essay is to analyze and critique the society view on disability while she also was explaining her experience with MS. For instance, she critiqued society ideal beauty standers. She explained that while beauty standers may change over the time, these standers had never included disable women. She also critiqued that society made starting a family difficult for an immobilized person.…
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.…
Caregivers and Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Multiple Sclerosis, sometimes simply called MS, is a disease that affects vision, balance, muscles, and body functions. The disease primarily attacks the covering of nerves in the brain, spinal cord, and eyes. Some people with MS have virtually no symptoms, while others have great difficulty with movement and performing even the simplest of daily tasks. There is no cure for MS, however, there are a number of medications and therapies that can reduce the severity of the symptoms. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society notes that many people with MS are able to function independently with modifications to their lifestyle and home.…
Multiple Sclerosis is a hard disease to define because it affects everyone differently and can be described differently by everyone who has it. To start off, an autoimmune means that instead of the immune system fighting off diseases and foreign cells in the body, it decides that the healthy cells are a threat and begins destroying the healthy cells. The other part of the definition is chronic inflammation, this simply means long term inflammation, which is basically the body is constantly trying to heal itself because of the attacks of the immune system on the…
When communicating with others there are many factors to consider, starting with considering what communication method to use as it is important that the correct style of communication is used. In most cases people use face-to-face communication but this is not always the case (sign language, telephone, emails, letters and notes, Makaton, visual images, audio/video recordings). Some factors to consider, could include; > The Environment - Practitioners need to consider the environment they are in as it is difficult to share personal information when in a noisy, busy environment.…