Types of MS Hide Video Transcript Video Transcript [MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: With multiple sclerosis, symptoms may differ from person to person and can change over the course of the disease. People may experience cycles or periods of new or worsening symptoms, called relapses, are followed by...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic degenerative disease affectingnearly 1 million people in the U.S. It occurs when the immune systemattacks and damages the central nervous system, leaving behind scar tissue in the form of lesions. This is where MS gets its name: ...
Multiple sclerosismedications are prescribed to treat multiple sclerosis(MS), an autoimmune disorder that affects the central nervous system (CNS). A large array of medications and therapies are used tomanage multiple sclerosis, which can affect a wide spectrum of neurological functions and cause disab...
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system with an autoimmune attack on the components of the myelin sheath and axons. The etiology of the disease remains largely unknown, but it is commonly acknowledged that the development of MS probably results...
Multiple sclerosis(MS) is anautoimmuneinflammatory disease of thecentral nervous systemthat leads to the degeneration of nerves in the brain andspinal cord. The immune or infection-fighting system in MS patients attacks the body's own cells, causing progressive damage in the brain and spinalcord....
There are some primary causes of dementia, which include: Neurodegenerative Diseases Alzheirmer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s, as well as some types of multiple sclerosis, are examples of neurodegenerative diseases. They typically worsen over time and need to be tended to as soon as possibl...
(Medical Xpress) -- Pregnancy appears to have a positive effect on long-term disability in women with two types of multiple sclerosis, indicating that reproductive hormones may play a protective role in MS progression, neurology researchers at the University at Buffalo have found. ...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory process involving different areas of the CNS in which the myelin sheath that covers the nerves is destroyed. Early warning signs and symptoms of MS in children, teens, and adults are similar; however, children a
Background: MS is common in people of northern European ethnicity who live in northern geographic areas; however, MS is rarely identified among aboriginal peoples living in the same areas.Objectives: To determine the prevalence, clinical features, HLA type, and viral infections associated with MS ...