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| *Women health>>>Multiple Sclerosis |
Could someone give me a brief explanation of multiple sclerosis so i could tell my 14 year old please? |
Could someone give me a brief explanation of multiple sclerosis so i could tell my 14 year old please? Basically your immune system is working overtime, trying to find germs/viruses etc to attack. When it can't find any, it starts in on your own tissue, in MS being the myelin sheath covering your nerve fibers. Once it has attacked the myelin sheath, the messages from your brain to various parts of your body can get scrambled or not even 'delivered'. (Think of it as having an extension cord that has a hole in the rubber coating - some of the electricity is going to go out that hole.) Since this disease affects your central nervous system (brain, spinal cord, optic nerves) the most common symptoms deal with vision, feeling/pain and walking. I have had MS for about 3 years, not fun at all, hard to diagnose and hard to treat the symptoms since they change constantly. when in doubt http://en.wikipedia.org also google.com never fails. Basically its a brain disorder that causes you to basically not be able to move real well.. It attackes the nervous system. ms is a progressive disease of the spinal cord. sometimes but not always leading to nerve loss and physical disability. call or write your nearest ms charitable office for free informative literature. you will them most helpful. i have had ms for 30 years. |
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