Hearing the Voice of MS
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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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 [...]
There 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, workIntroduction
For many, the emotional and cognitive effects of Multiple Sclerosis represent its greatest challenges. Whether a person with MS will experience these problems cannot be predicted from age, level of physical disability, duration of MS, type of MS, or intelligence tests. Up to half of all people with MS will have some degree of cognitive [...]
Many people believe that pets are important to a healthy life and even claim that their animals have human-like abilities, such as sensing the feelings of their owners and reacting accordingly. In the past few years, studies have been conducted to understand whether there is therapeutic value in contact between humans and animals.
In some studies, [...]
This article is adapted from the article published by MSIF of the same name.
For some people with MS, medicines can provide complete relief from pain,but many pain sufferers do not achieve adequate pain relief by pharmacological means. Fortunately, a number of non-pharmacological approaches can be used that have been proven to be effective in [...]
Pain is defined as an “unpleasant sensory experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage”. But data available in research literature on pain management is sadly lacking so symptom management in MS represents a primary focus for health care professionals.
A lot of the pain in MS is due [...]
Half of all people with MS will experience pain from time to time because of the condition. Fortunately for most, the pain is usually mild. But, for a small number, pain is a more severe and ongoing symptom that may need specialised assessment and treatment. In this article I will address pain which arises from [...]
Tags: course of MS, living with ms, ms symptoms, ms treatment, multiple sclerosis treatment, quality of life, symptomsA more in depth discussion will be available from AVoiceForMS.com in the near future.
In the last of the series I will be addressing tertiary causes of sexual dysfunction.
Whether a person is in an intimate relationship or not, it is a challenge to maintain a sexual identity and take care of one’s sexual self-esteem (how one [...]
Tags: emotions, happiness, living with ms, ms symptoms, ms treatment, psychology, quality of life, Sexual dysfunction, sexuality self-esteem