...Exercise and Multiple Sclerosis Rebecca Milligan April 29, 2010 Participation in an exercise program can be a challenge for most people, but it can be especially difficult if someone loses mobility as a result of a chronic condition such as multiple sclerosis (MS). While these challenges may often seem insurmountable, there are many strategies that make it possible for people with MS-related mobility problems to participate in, and gain significant benefit from, a carefully designed and customized program of regular exercise. THE IMPACT OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Multiple sclerosis is an auto-immune disease of the central nervous system. It degrades the myelin sheath that covers and protects axons or nerve tissue in the body. There is also evidence that the disease damages nerve tissue itself. MS can compromise the ability of nerves to function normally, which can also affect mobility, feeling, and sensory perception. It may also cause fatigue and a loss of muscle mass due to the inability of the patients to exercise adequately. A critical element of treatment is the need to watch for signs of progression of the disease. Multiple sclerosis progression is most commonly measured through a scale called the Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS), which focuses largely on a person's ambulatory ability.(n1) Many doctors also use a measurement called the Multiple Sclerosis Functional Composite (MSFC), which is a three-part composite assessment that uses a wide variety...
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...Correcting Misperceptions Dr. Silvia Kofler November 16, 2014 Multiple Sclerosis and its Misperceptions Most of us have heard about Multiple Sclerosis or have seen the commercials on TV and even donated money to its cure research. As most of us do, we turn the channel or choose to ignore what we see on TV, until it hits home. If you like me, and know someone that as this illness, then you know where I am coming from. My step dad was diagnosed with this illness and now it has completely changed our lives. He can no longer walk about on his own, he is in an electric wheelchair and my mom has to help him with everyday activities, things that he used to be able to do on his own. More than 2.1 million people worldwide are affected by M.S, over 400,000 in the U.S alone, yet there are many misconceptions about the illness and its prognosis. Before we get into the misperceptions of Multiple Sclerosis we need to understand what exactly is Multiple Sclerosis and what does it do to the human body. According to Wikipedia, Multiple Sclerosis also knows as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminate is an inflammatory disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to communicate, resulting in a wide range of signs and symptoms, including physical, mental, and sometimes psychiatric. Multiple Sclerosis takes several forms, with new symptoms either occurring in...
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...Multiple Sclerosis MS “is one of the most common disabling neurological conditions affecting young adults” (MacLean, 2010). Since MS is a neurological disease it slowly attacks the body’s immune system. This disease over time effects a person everyday functioning such walking and seeing properly. People who have MS experience problems in all aspects of the 5 domains. However, with proper treatment these domains can be restructured in a person’s life. For example, when helping someone with MS a Recreational Therapist can implement daily walking exercises to help strengthen a client’s muscles. As a result, their everyday living can be less painful and difficult. Multiple Sclerosis is a diagnoses that has no cure. Many researcher refer to MS...
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...Group Project – Final Draft Multiple Sclerosis – The Physical and Behavioral Effects Multiple Sclerosis, also known as MS, or Demyelinating disease; a disease that not many are aware of. It is “an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).” (A.D.A.M. Inc, 2011) The symptoms vary depending on the individual affected by the disease, and it also differs in duration for each symptom. In this paper, we will discuss the definition of Multiple Sclerosis, review the main symptoms affecting Multiple Sclerosis patients and their loved ones, its risk factors, how to recognize potential symptoms, the tests available, and support groups that can provide more information on this disease as well as how to cope with it. Depression is one of the main side effects Multiple Sclerosis patients have; it is unfortunately very common for someone with Multiple Sclerosis to experience depression. To learn more about the disease, we have to understand what MS is. Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is an auto-immune disease that affects your brain’s nervous system; the “T-Cells” attack your neurons which function is to send signals to your brain. Each nerve cell control different parts of your body and emotions; having the T-cells attacking your emotional nerves can impact your way of living. If these T-cells damage the nerves of the brain that are involved in emotional expression and control; it can create a variety of behavioral changes resulting in depression...
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...Multiple Sclerosis Sarah HCS 245 March 25, 2013 Dr. Tira Hancock MS, RD, CD, NBCT Multiple Sclerosis Imagine going to the doctor because you have tingling or numbness in you extremities or face, you are constantly tired, and having trouble seeing. You go to your physician and explain all of your ailments to your doctor. They diagnose you with fibromyalgia and vitamin B12 deficiency. After being prescribed medications for those diseases, two weeks later you experience bladder problems and walking difficulties. You return to the doctor with the added ailments. Since you came back with more ailments, they are more inclined to get a full family medical history, neurological exam, MRI, and spinal fluid analysis. The results come back from all of these tests that were ran at you second doctors visit, you are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple sclerosis is often misdiagnosed; this is because there is not a single test that tells doctors that a person has MS, and to be diagnosed with MS there needs to be signs in two separate areas of the central nervous system. This paper will describe what multiple sclerosis is, who is affected, environmental factors that contribute to MS, methods of controlling MS, and if social/cultural influences play a part in this disease. What Is Multiple Sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis is a painful disease that has scientists stumped. Many are calling multiple sclerosis an autoimmune disease, which means your immune system is fighting...
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...Multiple Sclerosis (MS): An Autoimmune Disease. You are in your mid twenty but you feel fatigue, numbness of extremities, chronic pain, vision problem, etc almost daily. Then sometime, you feel dizzy, vertigo, loss of balance, involuntary muscle spasms, and difficult to move around. You may feel depress and mood swings in addition to these symptoms. What is wrong with you? You are at the age where as young adults with full energize life ahead, ready to take charge of an independent life and assume a various social roles and economic responsibilities like a new career after college and graduate school, begin an intimate romance relationships, or maybe starting a family of your own (Falvo, 2009). What you are experiences are the common symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a Central Nervous System (CNS) disease which affects over 400,000 Americans, and every week about 200 people are diagnosed. Worldwide, it affects about 2.5 million people (NewsRx Health and Science, 2012). Its exact cause is unknown, however the common thought is some unknown virus or gene defect is the blame. To really understand Multiple Sclerosis we will need to look at it definition and history, the statistics of number people afflicted with it, what are the social-psychological challenges of the disease. We will also need to look at what kind of research projects and experiments have been done regarding the disease, what kind of help and support that the community have to offer to its patients,...
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...Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demagogic and immunological disease characterized by demyelization of the central nervous system (CNS) that most often affects young adults in the prime of their lives.1 The disease may lead to a wide variety of physical and non-physical disabilities among young and middle-aged adults. Symptoms of the disease begin mostly between ages 20 and 50 years, with a peak at age 33 years2 and is approximately two to three times more common in women than in men.3 The Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) is the most widely accepted clinical evaluation scale for the estimate of neurological impairment and disability in MS. It is primarily based on the individual scores of seven functional systems including the visual, brainstem, pyramidal, cerebellar, sensory, bowel/bladder, and cerebral systems as well as on the walking range and the assistance needed to ambulate.4 Symptoms of MS are multifold, and varied including visual disturbances, pyramidal signs (muscle weakness and spasticity), sensory dysfunction, incoordination,...
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...Multiple Sclerosis Laney B. Pope Health Science 1 Honors Hobbton High Sch L. Pope 2 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a long-lasting disease that can affect the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerve of the eye. MS occurs when the immune system attacks a fatty material called myelin, which wraps around nerve fibers to protect them. Without myelin, nerves become damaged resulting in the brain being unable to send signals through the body. (WebMD). There are four types of MS; Relapsing-Remitting MS (RRMS), Secondary-Progressive MS (SPMS), Primary-Progressive MS (PPMS), and Progressive-Relapsing MS (PRMS). Each type of MS is named according to the way the disease acts on the body over time. The severity and type of MS depends on the size and location of...
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...Professor Benham ENC 1101 October 4,2011 Effect of Multiple Sclerosis Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune condition of the nervous system and the brain. This means that the body’s innate ability to attack potentially harmful foreign bodies backfires. When this happens, the immune cells that should target the pathogens attach normal and healthy cells instead. Multiple sclerosis is such a condition in which the nerve endings are damaged due to the loss or destruction of the myelin sheath, a protective covering. The sensitivity and effective transmitting capability of the nerves are then compromised. (All Health Online) There are five types of Multiple Sclerosis, however the severity and type of multiple sclerosis depends upon the size and location of the plaque. There are five common types of multiple sclerosis: 1) Benign Sensory multiple sclerosis, which is a form of multiple sclerosis is the less effective on the body, it usually doesn’t get worse and it usually accompanied with loss of sensation and vision problems.2) Benign exacerbating/remission Multiple Sclerosis, fluctuates but comes closely back to baseline after the attack. 3) Chronic Relapsing-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis is another type of MS where the patents’ have more server episodes. 4) Chronic Progressive Multiple Sclerosis is a more progressive condition where symptoms get worse without a distinct attack. 5) Acute Progressive Multiple Sclerosis involves a rapidly progressive downhill course, where episodes...
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...Family with Multiple Sclerosis Care of the Family with Multiple Sclerosis The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the chronic disease Multiple Sclerosis, and the impact on the family. The subject will be explored through family assessment, epidemiology, review of the literature, priority problems, and outcome evaluation. Descriptive Assessment Family Mrs. L.H, is a wonderful neighbor that I have known for eight years now. She is a 48 year-old women who lives with her husband M.H of ten years they have two children a nine year old daughter name S.H, and a seven year old son name M.H. After spending forty-five minutes interviewing Mrs. L.H, I gained some knowledge on how she perceives Multiple Sclerosis and its impact on the quality of her life. Mrs. L.H was diagnosis with Multiple sclerosis at twenty two years of age, and prior to the diagnosis she first experienced some numbness, tingling, and just general weakness throughout her body. Mrs. L.H stated at time’s she would isolate herself from people and rest, but eventually she went to the doctors, and after she underwent several test she was then diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis. Mrs. L.H felt that at that time in her life she was in a state of shock, and denial once she learned the details of this disease. There were several incidences over the years of refusing to comply with taking her medications that was prescribed, and engaging in recreational drug use. Having Multiple sclerosis there have...
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...Family with Multiple Sclerosis Care of the Family with Multiple Sclerosis The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the chronic disease Multiple Sclerosis, and the impact on the family. The subject will be explored through family assessment, epidemiology, review of the literature, priority problems, and outcome evaluation. Descriptive Assessment Family Mrs. L.H, is a wonderful neighbor that I have known for eight years now. She is a 48 year-old women who lives with her husband M.H of ten years they have two children a nine year old daughter name S.H, and a seven year old son name M.H. After spending forty-five minutes interviewing Mrs. L.H, I gained some knowledge on how she perceives Multiple Sclerosis and its impact on the quality of her life. Mrs. L.H was diagnosis with Multiple sclerosis at twenty two years of age, and prior to the diagnosis she first experienced some numbness, tingling, and just general weakness throughout her body. Mrs. L.H stated at time’s she would isolate herself from people and rest, but eventually she went to the doctors, and after she underwent several test she was then diagnosis with Multiple Sclerosis. Mrs. L.H felt that at that time in her life she was in a state of shock, and denial once she learned the details of this disease. There were several incidences over the years of refusing to comply with taking her medications that was prescribed, and engaging in recreational drug use. Having Multiple sclerosis there have...
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...NUR 427 WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENT CONDITION TABLE Condition andDefinition | Signs andSymptoms | Conventional orComplementary Therapy | Community Resourceand EducationalNeed | Multiple Sclerosis: A disease that causes demyelination of the nerves of the Central Nervous System. | Signs and symptoms include: muscle weakness, lack of coordination, parasthesia, speech difficulty, loss of bladder function, and visual disturbances. Symptoms vary according to where the demyelination is located. | Conventional: Medications: Treatment and prevention of relapses:Interferon, beta 1b & 1a, oral methylprednisolone, Imuran, methotrexate, and corticosteroids. Antidepressants are used to treat depression associated with MS and baclofen and benzodiazepines are used to treat spasticity. Other Treatments: Plasmapheresis and psychosocial support.CAM: Medications:Vitamins B12, D3, fish oil, octocosonal, L-carnitine CoQ10, panthethine, and Vitamin C.Other Treatments: * Stress reducing techniques to avoid exacerbation of MS (prayer, massage, yoga, and relaxation techniques). * Manual manipulation (acupuncture and acupressure). * Low fat and low carbohydrate diet. | Educational Needs:Patients will need to be taught about what to expect with their disease process such as how to manage symptoms, how to take preventative measures, and coping techniques for the mind and emotions. They will also need have education about the medications that they will be taking...
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...As an intern at Peak Physical Therapy, I shadow all of the PT’s, however, being a Psychological Sciences major with a concentration in neuroscience, I can’t help but interest myself in the patients that Courtney works with that are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. For those of you who do not know about MS, it is a neurodegenerative disorder that destroys the myelin (fatty tissue) around the nerves, which then causes motor impairments, numbness in the limbs/extremities, Lhermitte’s symptom (an electric shock-like sensation down the spine and into the limbs) as well as other cognitive deficits. As this month’s theme is wellness, I decided to touch on how nutrition plays a role in MS patients as there is a serious lack of information and research...
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...Multiple Sclerosis is an immune-mediated process. An immune-mediated process is when the immune system attacks the central nervous system. There are many believers that this an autoimmune disease. Autoimmunity means that the immune system is reaching against normal occurring antigens in the body. Although, many believe this, there is no antigen that has been identified in Multiple Sclerosis; therefore, it cannot be classified as an autoimmune disease. In the case with Multiple Sclerosis the immune system attacks and damages certain structures and cells within the CNS. The following structures and cells are: myelin, oligodendrocytes, and underlying nerve fibers. Myelin is a fatty sheath that surrounds and protects nerve fibers. Oligodendrocytes is a myelin producing cell....
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...microorganism, different drugs, and certain genes may increase the risk of developing an autoimmune disease (Dugdale, 2011). Having an autoimmune disease can be difficult for a person, especially in the early stages, because many do not know what to expect or have the basic knowledge on the disease. For many, these diseases can cause major complications and illnesses, especially when going untreated for long periods of time. Fortunately, with the advances in medicine and research, people, with autoimmune diseases, can live long, normal lives with proper support and treatment. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system characterized by the destructions of the myelin sheath surrounding neurons…” (Vaccine Safety, 2011). During a multiple sclerosis exacerbation, inflammation in the areas of white matter in the central nervous system occurs in irregular patches knows as plaques. Once this process occurs, the destruction of...
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