Multiple Sclerosis What is it MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MS

What is it? MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IS AUTOIMMUNE, POTENTIALLY DISABLING DISEASE OF THE BRAIN

What does MS do to the body? MS ATTACKS THE MYELIN WHICH PROTECTS NERVE

Is MS contagious? NO, SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE MS WILL NOT INCREASE

How can a person get MS? THE CAUSE OF MS IS UNKNOWN. IT HAS

What are the early symptoms? • NUMBNESS • DOUBLE VISION • RANDOM PAINS OR

What are the Later Symptoms? • PARALYSIS • MUSCLE STIFFNESS OR SPASMS • EPILEPSY

Treatments THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF TREATMENT, BUT NO CURE. TREATMENT CAN BE RECEIVED

What does the Treatment do? TREATMENT CAN… • REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RELAPSES •

Helpful Orginizations • NATIONAL MS SOCIETY • MS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA • MYELIN REPAIR

Works Cited • "HOME. " NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY. MS SOCIETY, 29 MAR. 2017.

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Multiple Sclerosis

What is it? MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS) IS AUTOIMMUNE, POTENTIALLY DISABLING DISEASE OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD. THE IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS ITS OWN PROTECTIVE SHIELD THAT COVERS THE NERVES THAT COMMUNICATE FROM THE BODY TO THE BRAIN.

What does MS do to the body? MS ATTACKS THE MYELIN WHICH PROTECTS NERVE FIBERS

Is MS contagious? NO, SPENDING TIME WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE MS WILL NOT INCREASE OR DECREASE YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF RECEIVING THE DISEASE. Fact: People with MS often have a constant ringing in their ears and cannot hear very well.

How can a person get MS? THE CAUSE OF MS IS UNKNOWN. IT HAS NOT BEEN SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN TO RUN THROUGH GENETICS AND IT IS NOT CONTRACTIBLE BY SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME WITH A PERSON WHO HAS MS. MANY SCIENTISTS AGREE THAT IT IS A COMBINATION OF SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND GENETICS.

What are the early symptoms? • NUMBNESS • DOUBLE VISION • RANDOM PAINS OR SPASM • WEAKNESS OR FATIGUE • DEPRESSION/MOOD SWINGS

What are the Later Symptoms? • PARALYSIS • MUSCLE STIFFNESS OR SPASMS • EPILEPSY • DIFFICULTY CHEWING/SWALLOWING • SPEECH DIFFICULTIES • PROBLEMS WITH MEMORY/THINKING • PAIN WHEN MOVING • IMPAIRED VISION Fact: Some people with MS have compared the feeling they encounter in their limbs to the feeling of your legs “falling asleep. ”

Treatments THERE ARE MANY FORMS OF TREATMENT, BUT NO CURE. TREATMENT CAN BE RECEIVED THROUGH SELF-INJECTION, PILLS, AND IV INFUSION. Fact: People with “MS” can sometimes have “attacks” where they lose all feelings in their legs and collapse.

What does the Treatment do? TREATMENT CAN… • REDUCE THE NUMBER OF RELAPSES • REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF RELAPSES • REDUCE THE AREA ATTACKED BY MS • CAN DELAY THE PROGRESSION OF MS Fact: When the weather is very hot or cold people with MS’s symptoms get worse and it can be much harder to move.

Helpful Orginizations • NATIONAL MS SOCIETY • MS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA • MYELIN REPAIR FOUNDATION • FLY FOR MS https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v= qgy. SDm. RRzx. Y

Works Cited • "HOME. " NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY. MS SOCIETY, 29 MAR. 2017. WEB. 05 APR. 2017. <HTTP: //WWW. NATIONALMSSOCIETY. ORG/>. • "RECEIVE EMAIL UPDATES. " MSAA: THE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. MSAA, N. D. WEB. 05 APR. 2017. <HTTP: //MYMSAA. ORG/>. • MAYO CLINIC STAFF PRINT. "OVERVIEW. " MAYO CLINIC. N. P. , 01 APR. 2017. WEB. 05 APR. 2017. <HTTP: //WWW. MAYOCLINIC. ORG/DISEASESCONDITIONS/MULTIPLE-SCLEROSIS/HOME/OVC-20131882>.