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What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially debilitating disease in which your body's immune system eats away at the
protective sheath that covers your nerves. This interferes with the communication between your brain and the rest of
your body. Ultimately, this may result in deterioration of the nerves themselves, a process that's not reversible.
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis vary widely, depending on the location of affected nerve fibers. Multiple
sclerosis signs and symptoms may include:
• Numbness or weakness in one or more limbs, which typically occurs on one side of your body at a time or the
bottom half of your body
• Partial or complete loss of vision, usually in one eye at a time, often with pain during eye movement (optic neuritis)
• Double vision or blurring of vision
• Tingling or pain in parts of your body
• Electric-shock sensations that occur with certain head movements
• Tremor, lack of coordination or unsteady gait
• Fatigue
• Dizziness
Causes
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues. In multiple
sclerosis, this process destroys myelin — the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibers in the brain and
spinal cord.
Myelin can be compared to the insulation on electrical wires. When myelin is damaged, the messages that travel along
that nerve may be slowed or blocked.
Doctors and researchers don't understand exactly why multiple sclerosis occurs in some people and not others. A
combination of factors, ranging from genetics to childhood infections, may play a role.
Western Medicine Treatment
There is no cure for multiple sclerosis. Treatment typically focuses on combating the autoimmune response and
managing the symptoms. Some people have such mild symptoms that no treatment is necessary.
• Corticosteroids. The most common treatment for multiple sclerosis, corticosteroids reduce the inflammation that
spikes during a relapse. Examples include oral prednisone and intravenous methylprednisolone.
• Interferons. These types of drugs — such as Betaseron, Avonex and Rebif — appear to slow the rate at which
multiple sclerosis symptoms worsen over time. But interferons can cause serious liver damage.
• Glatiramer (Copaxone). Doctors believe that glatiramer works by blocking your immune system's attack on myelin.
You must inject this drug subcutaneously once daily. Side effects may include flushing and shortness of breath
after injection.
• Natalizumab (Tysabri). This drug is designed to work by interfering with the movement of potentially damaging
immune cells from your bloodstream to your brain and spinal cord. Tysabri is generally reserved for people who
see no results from or can't tolerate other types of treatments. This is because Tysabri increases the risk of
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy — a brain infection that is usually fatal.
• Mitoxantrone (Novantrone). This immunosuppressant drug can be harmful to the heart, so it's usually used only in
people who have advanced multiple sclerosis.
• Therapies. A physical or occupational therapist can teach you stretching and strengthening exercises, and show
you how to use devices that can make it easier to perform daily tasks.
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially debilitating disease in which your body's immune system eats away at the
protective sheath that covers your nerves. This interferes with the communication between your brain and the rest of
your body. Ultimately, this may result in deterioration of the nerves themselves, a process that's not reversible.
Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of multiple sclerosis vary widely, depending on the location of affected nerve fibers. Multiple
sclerosis signs and symptoms may include:
• Numbness or weakness in one or more limbs, which typically occurs on one side of your body at a time or the
bottom half of your body
• Partial or complete loss of vision, usually in one eye at a time, often with pain during eye movement (optic neuritis)
• Double vision or blurring of vision
• Tingling or pain in parts of your body
• Electric-shock sensations that occur with certain head movements
• Tremor, lack of coordination or unsteady gait
• Fatigue
• Dizziness
Causes
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues. In multiple
sclerosis, this process destroys myelin — the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibers in the brain and
spinal cord.
Myelin can be compared to the insulation on electrical wires. When myelin is damaged, the messages that travel along
that nerve may be slowed or blocked.
Doctors and researchers don't understand exactly why multiple sclerosis occurs in some people and not others. A
combination of factors, ranging from genetics to childhood infections, may play a role.
Western Medicine Treatment
There is no cure for multiple sclerosis. Treatment typically focuses on combating the autoimmune response and
managing the symptoms. Some people have such mild symptoms that no treatment is necessary.
• Corticosteroids. The most common treatment for multiple sclerosis, corticosteroids reduce the inflammation that
spikes during a relapse. Examples include oral prednisone and intravenous methylprednisolone.
• Interferons. These types of drugs — such as Betaseron, Avonex and Rebif — appear to slow the rate at which
multiple sclerosis symptoms worsen over time. But interferons can cause serious liver damage.
• Glatiramer (Copaxone). Doctors believe that glatiramer works by blocking your immune system's attack on myelin.
You must inject this drug subcutaneously once daily. Side effects may include flushing and shortness of breath
after injection.
• Natalizumab (Tysabri). This drug is designed to work by interfering with the movement of potentially damaging
immune cells from your bloodstream to your brain and spinal cord. Tysabri is generally reserved for people who
see no results from or can't tolerate other types of treatments. This is because Tysabri increases the risk of
progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy — a brain infection that is usually fatal.
• Mitoxantrone (Novantrone). This immunosuppressant drug can be harmful to the heart, so it's usually used only in
people who have advanced multiple sclerosis.
• Therapies. A physical or occupational therapist can teach you stretching and strengthening exercises, and show
you how to use devices that can make it easier to perform daily tasks.
Alternative Medicine
There is a significant progress using alternative medicine in this area.
If you want a referral of an expert alternative medicine practitioner in your
local area, please use our free referral service by calling our toll-free at
1-888-919-1188, or e-mail us to wei@weilab.com, or click the button
at the right to have us contact you.
Information gathered from the Mayo Clinic
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