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'Sclerosis’ means hardening and refers to the damage to the nervous system by multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, continuous, neurological and an inflammatory disease which affects the central nervous system in both men and women, usually between the ages of twenty to forty. However, although it only affects the central nervous system, the disease still has indirect influences on other body systems and their functions. Multiple sclerosis mainly concerns the immune system and its decreased ability of operation. It can also be classified as a demyelinating disease and through demyelination; the disease does not directly affect the organs.
It isn’t a disease which can be spread or is contagious, however when a victim is affected, the side-effects are commonly predictable and progressive. Many of the symptoms are irreversible or disabling and as soon as the side-effects worsen, the sufferer must be prescribed temporary drugs to treat the current effect. This disease is most common in women compared to men with a ration of 3:2 and it is still an unknown fact how this disease is caused.
Multiple Sclerosis is the term to define the condition where ‘myelin’, the protective covering around the nerves in the brain and the spinal cord, is damaged. Myelin is a fatty substance which surrounds the nerves and allows it to transport impulses at a rapid pace. With the deficiency of myelin, messages which may control walking, talking and many basic actions would not be able to be transported and deciphered by the brain. The myelin acts like a covering of an electrical wire. In addition, latest evidence has proven that the destruction of myelin isn’t the only cause of multiple sclerosis; it also consists of a defect in the axon of the nerves. In the course of suffering from multiple sclerosis, the axon in the nerves slowly deteriorates in the early stages which are the reason for such devastating symptoms. The deterioration of the axon is the reason for permanent damage. This disease is also known as an‘autoimmune’ disease which is the concept in which the body’s own immune system counters its own tissues. On the other hand, in an unaffected human body, the immune system would normally only react against foreign viruses such as bacteria. Under this condition, the immune system mistakes its own tissues as viruses.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease which can become a life and death matter if it isn’t aided to immediately after symptoms appear. This is due to the high importance of myelin and axon required to function the nervous system efficiently.
Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, continuous, neurological and an inflammatory disease which affects the central nervous system in both men and women, usually between the ages of twenty to forty. However, although it only affects the central nervous system, the disease still has indirect influences on other body systems and their functions. Multiple sclerosis mainly concerns the immune system and its decreased ability of operation. It can also be classified as a demyelinating disease and through demyelination; the disease does not directly affect the organs.
It isn’t a disease which can be spread or is contagious, however when a victim is affected, the side-effects are commonly predictable and progressive. Many of the symptoms are irreversible or disabling and as soon as the side-effects worsen, the sufferer must be prescribed temporary drugs to treat the current effect. This disease is most common in women compared to men with a ration of 3:2 and it is still an unknown fact how this disease is caused.
Multiple Sclerosis is the term to define the condition where ‘myelin’, the protective covering around the nerves in the brain and the spinal cord, is damaged. Myelin is a fatty substance which surrounds the nerves and allows it to transport impulses at a rapid pace. With the deficiency of myelin, messages which may control walking, talking and many basic actions would not be able to be transported and deciphered by the brain. The myelin acts like a covering of an electrical wire. In addition, latest evidence has proven that the destruction of myelin isn’t the only cause of multiple sclerosis; it also consists of a defect in the axon of the nerves. In the course of suffering from multiple sclerosis, the axon in the nerves slowly deteriorates in the early stages which are the reason for such devastating symptoms. The deterioration of the axon is the reason for permanent damage. This disease is also known as an‘autoimmune’ disease which is the concept in which the body’s own immune system counters its own tissues. On the other hand, in an unaffected human body, the immune system would normally only react against foreign viruses such as bacteria. Under this condition, the immune system mistakes its own tissues as viruses.
Multiple sclerosis is a disease which can become a life and death matter if it isn’t aided to immediately after symptoms appear. This is due to the high importance of myelin and axon required to function the nervous system efficiently.
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