Hearing the Voice of MS
Recently an inspiring radio documentary was put together by ABC Radio National in Australia and presented by John Blades, himself an MS sufferer and radio presenter. It was one of the 360 Radio documentaries.
It has been recently shown that MS is significantly associated with a condition defined as chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCSVI). In CCSVI, put simply, there is a narrowing of the vessels draining blood away from the brain.Blocked venous blood outflow causes a high rate of cerebral venous reflux in MS patients.
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 neuronThere are many reasons why people leave the workforce ranging from problems with fatigue and cognitive dysfunction to embarrassing problems such as bowel and bladder difficulties. But many people are not aware of the treatments available and the accommodations that can be made to allow them to stay “on the job”.
Tags: career, disability, job, Lifestyle, living with ms, quality of life, self-esteem, workResearch from Taiwan indicates that capnellene (GB9), a compound extracted from the soft coral Capnella imbricata, could prove useful for treating neuropathy and neuropathic pain.”
Read Jennifer’s page about her daughters wedding I find it both challenging and inspiring, take a look
We do not know how so many different infections could have a role in MS and how they might interact with genetic risk factors but, it is also important to try to understand how non-infectious risk factors, such as sunlight, may interact with genetic risk factors.
Tags: climate, course of MS, Environmental, gene, genetic risk factors, Lifestyle, ms diagnosis, sunlight, susceptibility gene