Hearing the Voice of MS
Researchers found that people with multiple sclerosis using a foot stimulator increased walking performance, compared to the exercise group and also experienced fewer falls.
It is estimated that the average financial cost of MS in high income countries is more than $US 1.2 million per person. Loss of employment, or early retirement, is considered the single largest cost factor contributing to this financial cost.
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Well that’s a bit of a scary phrase.
Introduction
Vascular co-morbidity means that as [...]
Tags: course of MS, disability progression, living with ms, ms treatment, vascular conditionsI recently received an email from , Mike Szymanski as I have subscribed to his news items. In it he tells the story of a new reader with MS who fell off her chair to much hilarity. One of the other newsreaders who was involved in the laughing felt the need to apologise when he [...]
MS is a global disease – no country that responded to our survey was free of MS
MS is a disease more common among women than men
Symptoms appear at around an average of 30 years of age
The survey revealed the geographical patterns associated with the disease
There are about 80 different types of sleep disorders, and about 25% of people (that’s 70 million Americans) suffer from them. The inability to fall asleep or to stay asleep, called insomnia, is the most common. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is well represented in the Sleep Disorders department.
It’s not so long since an MS diagnosis offered nothing more than being told to go home and learn to live with it. Fortunately things have changed
As a follow on from my previous article about spasticity I would now like to address the treatments used
Spasticity, ( feelings of muscle stiffness and involuntary muscle spasms), is a well defined consequence of MS.
Tags: functional limitations, involuntary muscle spasms, male gender, muscle stiffness, upper motor neuronResearch from Taiwan indicates that capnellene (GB9), a compound extracted from the soft coral Capnella imbricata, could prove useful for treating neuropathy and neuropathic pain.”
