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Last reviewed: 07.07.2024
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Multiple sclerosis is a disease characterized by a disease of the central nervous system, affecting the dorsal and cephalic, as well as the optic nerve. The patient is impaired coordination, there may be problems with speech and vision.
Multiple Sclerosis: Symptoms
- Numbness - a violation of sensitivity
- Weakness in the legs
- Muscle spasms
All these manifestations of multiple sclerosis lead to the fact that a person stumbles and moves heavily.
Vision
More than half of the patients with multiple sclerosis suffer from loss of color perception, defocused vision, feel pain when moving with their eyes and can completely lose their sight - all these are symptoms of optic neuritis. These symptoms should be treated carefully, because they are often the first sign of the disease
Speech
In the disease of multiple sclerosis, patients usually have difficulties with swallowing and slurred speech is observed. This is due to disturbances in the process of nerve conduction of the corresponding part of the brain.
Multiple sclerosis or stroke?
Difficult speech, weakness in the muscles, confused consciousness - these are the main signs and symptoms of a stroke. If a person has seen at least one such symptom, then you need to call an ambulance urgently. The faster the patient is helped, the higher the chance of his speedy recovery.
How does multiple sclerosis work?
With multiple sclerosis, the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the myelin sheath of the central nervous system. When lesions of myelin - adipose tissue surrounding the nerve fibers of the spine, brain and optic nerve, sclerotic plaques are formed, which disrupt the nerve conduction.
Why develop multiple sclerosis?
Scientists identify the main cause of the development of this disease - heredity. Until the end of all the provocateurs of the disease is not yet understood, but also experts distinguish lack of vitamin D. According to researches of scientists, the most scattered sclerosis affects the inhabitants of those countries, which account for the least sunlight, and this is Northern Europe and the countries of Scandinavia.
Who is at risk?
Males this disease affects less often than women, and the age of patients is 20-50 years. Also important is the ethnicity of the person - most of all multiple skin sclerosis is affected by white people.
How is the disease?
There are four main forms of the disease:
- Primary progressive multiple sclerosis - the disease develops without remission and without pronounced exacerbations.
- Remitting multiple sclerosis - this form of multiple sclerosis is characterized by alternating relapses and remissions.
- Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis beginning with remission, passes into a progressive form. There are remissions between exacerbations.
Treatment
Despite the fact that it is impossible to completely cure multiple sclerosis, there are medicines that can slow the course of the disease. These drugs include corticosteroids, which relieve exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Other drugs will help reduce pain and relieve muscle spasms.