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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major cause of neurological disability in young adults. There are at least five major factors of psychological adjustment to MS.
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Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has a considerable impact on quality of life of patients and may induce a depressive syndrome that is expressed most often by instability, worry, discouragement, or restlessness.
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Multiple sclerosis is a frustrating disease because the current treatments are few and at present, there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, but the available drugs can slow the disease course. Synthetic forms of beta interferon (a natural immunomodulator that regulates the immune response) reduce the frequency and severity of relapses and decrease the degree of disability over time.
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Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults, who often start to feel symptoms between 20 and 40 years. Multiple sclerosis (from the Greek 'hardening') is a disease of the central nervous system that affects the brain, brain stem and spinal cord. Myelin, the substance that coats nerve fibers, is damaged, and then the ability of nerves to lead the orders of the brain is interrupted. This is the most common chronic disease in young adults in Europe and the second leading cause of disability in this population group, after accidents.
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Swine flu is a type of virus. It's named for a virus that infects mainly pigs. It normally does not infect people, but human infections can and do happen. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. The current swine influenza A (H1N1) virus has components of pig and bird influenza viruses in it, so the humans don't have any immunity to it. That makes it more likely to become a pandemic virus (have the ability to cause a global outbreak) if it can easily spread from person-to-person. There are antiviral medicines you can take to prevent or treat swine flu. This particular virus is resistant to the antiviral medications amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine), but is sensitive to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu.
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Multiple Sclerosis Fatigue is one of the number one symptoms and complaints of multiple sclerosis. And unfortunately one of the #1 reasons that many people with MS end up on disability. Multiple Sclerosis fatigue is real, and a prominent symptom for as many as 85-95% of those with MS.
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If you're like me, than you couldn't wait to watch Oprah Winfrey yesterday and watch and see how Montel felt and reacted to his diagnosis of MS.
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I've talked to a number of people in the last week who have told me just how important it is to have a spouses view of MS. And this is true MS affects everyone-wives, husbands, parents, boyfriends, and girlfriends. So what I will reveal in this article is a bunch of realizations I've had about my husband and MS. Things that I've learned over the last 13 years of wedded bliss.
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The forums are laden with people who have MS and are in relationships where they doubt the love of the partner and ask why would they want to be with me?
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It's an issue for all of us diagnosed with multiple sclerosis- a disease that changes our lives forever. Touching everyone and everything in its path. And what I've found is that there are no rules and who and what you decide to disclose is based on various different factors.
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