Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an auto-immune disease, which simply means that the body attacks itself, and inflammation and scarring of tissue in the brain and spinal cord results. the inflammation breaks down the thick covering of the nerves (myelin). this process of breaking down the nerves, or myelin is called demyelination. Multiple sclerosis gets its [...]

Many MS sufferers need stress management techniques at some point or another due to living day in and day out with a chronic, sometimes debilitating disease. You have good days but the uncertainty of what the next day will bring pain-wise can be enough to send your stress levels rising. Prolong stress can lead to [...]

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease which affects the nervous system, particularly the protective sheaths around the nerve bundles called myelin. When these nerves are impeded, the messages sent to the brain and spinal cord become all jumbled up creating a variety of symptoms like weakness, impaired cognitive function, intolerance to heat, tingling or [...]

If you have not heard about the latest promising treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS), listen up! There is a DNA vaccine that is showing some promise in early clinical trials which seems to stop the harmful immune system responses which cause the myelin destruction and resulting lesions. This vaccine would also work similar for type [...]

Unless some MS patients have a big red “MS” on their foreheads, some people would never know that they have a potentially debilitating disease. Many symptoms are invisible but that doesn’t mean they are not there and that you are not hurting. This invisibility can chip away at your relationships with friends and romantic entanglements [...]

As anyone with multiple sclerosis may know, you are going to have your good days and bad days. Then you are going to have those times when you go into relapse and all of your symptoms become exacerbated to the point where you may need some pain management techniques to get through the day.

A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis can be devastating at first, but it is far from a death sentence. Many people still live long, full lives and even have children while existing with the disease. They have just learned some tips and accommodation techniques to make their lives simpler during those times when pain becomes exacerbated.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) can take its toll on you on certain days while for others you may be ok. As the disease progresses however, those feelings of fatigue may come more frequently, hindering your ability to the things you once took for granted. Every day activities can become more of a physical chore than before [...]

As difficult as it was for you to hear the diagnosis for the first time, your family and friends may have a difficult time grasping the reality of your disease too. They may be shocked or overly worried about your health and well-being. They may worry about your finances if your employment is effected.

Treatment for the disease multiple sclerosis involves managing the symptoms as well as treating the disease before permanent damage causes further symptoms. Treatment should include medications, physical and occupational therapy and possible experimental and new therapies.