The course of the disease is highly unpredictable. The commonest form, called "relapsing and remitting" as the name suggests, shows sudden worsening followed by gradual recovery and then again worsening interspersed with variable time intervals. This occurs because the body has inherent capacity to heal the myelin loss and regenerate them. Recurrent attacks may however, leave behind permanent residual deficits and the recovery may be incomplete.
Also, with recurrent and severe attacks, there may be additional loss of the nerve cells in addition to the myelin which may lead to persistent residual deficits. It is very difficult to predict how a patient will behave clinically after the diagnosis is made. Since, the cause of the disease is incompletely understood, there is yet no permanent cure for the disease.
Acute attacks are usually treated with steroids. Beta interferons are given to prevent the future attacks and thereby reduce the chances of disability resulting from future attacks. Show more related information.
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That's because these drugs can actually slow down the progression of MS and reduce the number of relapses a person experiences. It's easy to see, then, why it's important to begin a regimen of disease-modifying treatment as soon as possible after finding out you have MS. If you're hesitating, though, it might help to know that you're not alone: Other folks have balked at taking MS drugs for various reasons. Perhaps you can relate to the typical fears that follow.
Many MS treatments are given intravenously, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly—in other words, through a needle inserted into a vein, fat tissue, or muscle. It's the most efficient way to get the medication into the body where it can start doing good.
Whether needles really don't bother you or you're terrified of them, having a sharp object inserted into your skin probably isn't your idea of a good time. By the way, there's a name for a severe fear of needles: trypanophobia.
Ask your healthcare provider or someone else who has had similar treatments for tips on dealing with needle negativity. It may be that simply having a friend along to distract you or learning a basic self-hypnosis technique will be enough to get you past your fear. It's also important to note that there are currently six oral therapeutic options to treat MS that can be considered. Who wants to feel worse while being treated for already being ill?
Unfortunately, side effects are almost inevitable, especially with drugs powerful enough to treat MS. Most of them are minor and easy to treat, however.
For example, you might have redness or tenderness around the injection site if you're on treatment that's given subcutaneously.
A cool compress can combat these symptoms. When you first start taking certain MS medications , you may feel a bit like you're coming down with the flu.
This is common and yucky, but short-lived. I am trying to change my eating habits to have controlle over my arms and legs again i than you for your encouragement. Hi there: Cutting out sugar is a great place to start. The next Further Food 7 day sugar detox starts February Sign up here!
The love of my life is suffering ao badly from his ms, i have been praying for the answers to cure him, i prayed to god and your site came up, bless you!
You are here for a purpose , keep healing with your courage dtreangth hope and knowledge. Its people like you that restores my faith in humanity. Well said! I was diagnosed with the condition noted above.
In my opinion. Need help. Fatigue in rrms killing me. Im wiped out daily. No energy. Look drunk. No pain. No tingling small spasticity. Very int in an ms diet. Going to avcupuncture next week. I want to get this sorted. This is so helpful!!! Thank you so much I was just diagnosed with MS last year in August.
Last year my body was under so much stress , I was unable to use the bathroom for a week. I was hospitalized for 3 days. I was put on steroids and had a catheter inserted due not being able to urinate. Some of the longest days or nights of my life.
Crazy thing is doctors want tell you that the things we consume in our bodies causes the disease they just say it could be many things. Baby steps and watch what happens. May God bless your all struggling with this disease and he gives us the good judgement we need to heal or bodies! I was diagnosed Jan with ms then April Lyme disease. I did 4 weeks of antibiotics then the pic line for 30 days of hell.
Just had my second MRI no change. Only thing that got better was my speech and hand is not numb I am going to john Hopkins hospital specialists on Jan I am still in severe pain in my legs.
I was diagnosed 4 years ago with MS my life came to a complete stop it felt like. Long story short the mother of my boys seemed that my life was over with while taking my boys from me she left up and gone! I recovered quickly by changing my diet and went to being a vegan which I hated because I loved eating meat lots of it.
Long story short I got my balance back my strength back and got full custody of both of my boys which is very rarely heard of in the state of Ohio. I just want to say I understand those with pain and to my MS warriors out there that the only cure we all have is to be healthy and eat right and I mean very very right! I was diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS in I have been on a gluten free diet for about 5 months. The medicine I am on makes me feel terrible and I am going to stop taking it.
My faith in Jesus and my care taker help me tremendously. I want this illness to be gone so bad. Please contact me and let me know what I should do.
I am a very outgoing person and enjoy trying to help others. My 18 year old daughter was diagnosed with MS, it hit out of nowhere. She is depressed and devastated. I am lost emotionally and lost for words, but I believe in your article. It would be great, if you could contact me to provide me with support for my daughter.
Hi Susan: Getting a diagnosis of MS can be frightening and overwhelming. We suggest you contact a functional medicine doctor who can teach you about natural solutions to healing. Wow I love all the information from everybody. I used to play Softball and I had problems seeing softball in lights at night all of sudden. I went to see a neurologist and he had me due a MRI he thought I had a brain tumor. Then he called and told me I had MS. I had done the the Avonex shots that gave me flu like symptoms for day and a half every week.
Then I did Copazone shots everyday which gave me 7 soreness spots on my body from shot areas. But now I take Tecfidera which are 2 pills a day for last 2 years. I have been blessed that I have never had any side effects. I have worked as a Firefighter Paramedic here in Indianapolis.
People all I can say say is never give up and continue to find what is best for you. Tecfidera has been my best treatment. May God bless all of US. I was diagnosed with MS in June The doctors called me while one as working and told me the terrible news over the phone. After not listening to my wife, a BSN, about how to treat MS with out taking deadly prescription medications for a couple months. We came across Dr. Wahls protocol.
This book is truly a miracle. The other day, my wife showed me a picture of what I look liked before dieting a terrible word BTW. The difference was remarkable. Roy Swag had excellent results treating his MS patients with a low fat plant based diet. There is reams of peer reviewed literature on the matter. I have MS I was diagnosed in MS is not a near death illness and is not curable with drugs. You say you knew nothing about MS and unfortunately this still seems to be the case.
MS at the present time is being researched by such bodies as the MS Society to try and halt the progression of MS, but this is a lengthy procedure. Certainly diet plays a role with MS as does exercise, although very limited for a lot of MS patients by the way, so I do wonder whether you were ever diagnosed with MS in the first place.
I could go on about your very misleading article but I will initially await your response to the above. We are glad to hear how cutting out sugar helped you so much! We hope your friend will try our sugar detox!
Sometimes it helps to have someone to do it with, so perhaps you can sign up together. I have multiple sclerosis and blind in right eye from car accident plus have three children I have to crawl to get every place I go in my house besides siting on but to slide down stairs. Sarah: Thank you for reaching out. We have a lot of articles on Further Food about people who have helped their MS through diet and other lifestyle changes. Here is one article by one of our experts Dr.
We wish you the best of luck. How do you know for sure the yest caused MS? I have MS and I was diagnosed last year on January 1st, I am now 26 years old and taking a disease modifying drug.
I want to stop taking it because I am afraid of the side effects and go on a natural diet to cure MS. I would definitely like more info. Kaila: Thanks for the question. Every person has different causes and reasons for their symptoms. We recommend that you visit a functional medicine doctor for advice.
However, we have lots of articles on Further Food in which people have found that changing their diet helped their MS symptoms. Ashley: We have a lot of articles on Further Food on how people have healed through diet. I have followed Ann and she has changed my life. With diet change and supplements, this can work and does.
Hello, I was diagnosed with MS 14 year ago after long treatment with various drugs illness progress whole that time. Caroline — Yes doing an anti-candida diet and program will help eliminate pain with your fibromyalgia case. Yes understand this very well I put a 93 year old lady on some supplements and the results are brilliant.
I have Fibromyalgia , would this diet help eleminate the daily chronic pain I suffer from? Kinda Regards Caroline. My 27 year old daughter has been dianosed with MS. Do you know anybody in Israel where we live who can give her guidance on correct diet? Thank you for sharing…. I was first diagnosed with MS in by a lousy Doctor, I then slowly regained my health through diet, but my stupid sister told me to let my strict regimen go, and to just eat what ever I wanted….. I then went to a naturopath, and he told me that he suspected lyme, my blood was shipped to Germany and the results came back, Lyme and co-infections.
Another thing that I learned was that MS patients were almost always found to have a lyme infection. Both of my books, Healing Multiple Sclerosis good for anyone with autoimmune disease or The Candida Cure will educate you on what herbs will eradicate candida overgrowth. Also on my website: annboroch. U love reading these testimonials. However, not one of the doctors say what herbs they used to rid their candida, parasites and viruses.
I wish they shared a bit more than just their testimonials. I appreciate that they share this to give people hopes they may have lost but not knowing the basic info such as which herbs get rid of candida is disheartening. Thank you for sharing, however. After working in integrative and functional medicine as a chiropractor and nutritionist for over 15 years, Dr.
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