Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a very painful disease to people who are diagnosed with this disease. Diagnosis’ for MS can either be an MRI which shows the brain, spinal cord, or other areas in an image. A CSF diagnosis is a liquid that is colorless in which bathes your brain and spinal cord which is being a shock absorber. Also, the EP diagnosis where it measures the electrical activity of the brain in response to stimulation from specific sensory nerve pathways. The immune system, responsible for…

Ms. M is a 27-year-old women who recently moved from her hometown Minneapolis, Minnesota to Salt Lake City, Utah for a job offer. She lives alone and works as an English teacher at the East High School in Salt Lake City since the beginning of the school year after her graduation last summer. Since it is the first time she has her own classes, it is sometimes quite stressful for her even if she likes her job. The past few years, she reported numerous neurological complaints which came and went…

Multiple Sclerosis: A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Since the beginning of time, the human race has been plagued with disease; seemingly enough, some of those diseases are worse than others. To this day, multiple sclerosis is among the small list of diseases known to mankind that remains incurable. When trying to learn about multiple sclerosis (MS), it’s important to understand its history, the area of the body affected and how it’s affected, and how to cope with it. Multiple sclerosis is a central…

Introduction Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the nervous system. It is primarily an inflammatory disorder of the brain and spinal cord. People diagnosed with MS may have a variety of symptoms that can include: weakness, tremors, tingling, numbness, loss of balance, vision impairment, paralysis, impaired thinking, neuropathic pain, and bladder or bowel problems. Patients may also experience memory loss and depression. There is no current cure for MS, but there are…

various parts of the body (“Lymphangioleiomyomatosis - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders).”). The symptoms, and the severity of them, depends on the type of LAM , such as “Sporadic LAM” or LAM in conjunction with the disease tuberous sclerosis complex. Regardless, some symptoms are more prevalent than others, regardless of the type. Specifically, “50 percent of women who have LAM develop pneumothorax, or collapsed lung”. With this comes pain, shortness of breath, and potential…

According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, there are more than 600 neurologic disorders 1. Neurodegeneration is one of the main contributors to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis. Neurodegeneration is the debilitating condition along with those diseases, which results in the healthy, functioning nerve cells to deteriorate and slowly die off. Deterioration gradually leads to the loss of cognitive skills, motor skills, and eventually death of the nerve…

Multiple Sclerosis - Kellie McThenia Multiple Sclerosis involves an immune-mediated process in which an abnormal response of the body 's immune system is directed against the central nervous system. Within the central nervous system or CNS, the myelin sheath (fatty substance that surrounds the nerve fibers) is attacked by the immune system. This forms scar tissue, or sclerosis (scler/o meaning hard, -osis meaning abnormal condition or disease). The damaged or destroyed myelin sheath or nerve…

Life Among the Nondisabled challenges those beliefs. In the Paralympics trailer, each individual’s talents and capabilities are the main focus, not their disability. In comparison, Mairs’ creative non-fiction specifically relates how her multiple sclerosis influences her career as a writer. The two mediums show that in spite of physical shortcomings, one can still succeed. Although both…

environmental risk factors for pediatric multiple sclerosis. Some of the identified environmental risk factors include exposure to certain viruses, vitamin D deficiency, and second-hand tobacco smoke exposure. The main genetic risk factors involved in development of pediatric onset multiple sclerosis (POMC) is variation in Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-DRB1 *1501 and familial history [1]. Genetic Risk Factors Familial susceptibility of multiple sclerosis has been studied on many occasions and…

Multiple sclerosis causes several physical and cognitive impairments. It is predominantly diagnosed in adults and extremely rare in children and adolescents. There is a lack of information about cognitive function of multiple sclerosis in children and adolescents. So by developing an effective brief neuropsychological battery for children and adolescents with multiple sclerosis. It could be useful to evaluate children and adolescents with cognitive impairment due to the multiple sclerosis. In…