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 Inflammation and Multiple Sclerosis

 What effects of Multiple Sclerosis on the human body. The exact cause of Multiple Sclerosis is unknown, and there is currently no cure. However, there are many treatments available that can slow the disease’s progression or ease its symptoms.

 Although everyone’s experience with Multiple Sclerosis is different, there are common symptoms that occur throughout the body for many individuals.  

 There are about four possible causes of Multiple Sclerosis that I’m going to share in this post.

 The first one is the Nervous System: 

When someone has Multiple Sclerosis, their body’s immune system slowly attacks its own myelin sheath, which is composed of the cells that surround and protect the nervous system including the spinal cord and brain. When these cells are damaged, the nerves are exposed, and the brain has difficulty sending signals to the rest of the body.

The disconnection between the brain and the organs, muscles, tissues, and cells served by the damaged nerves causes many of the classic Multiple Sclerosis  symptoms, such as dizziness, vertigo, confusion, memory problems, and emotional or personality changes.

Depression and other changes in the brain can be a direct result of Multiple Sclerosis or an indirect result from the difficulty of coping with the condition.

 The second one is Vision and Hearing:

Vision problems are often the first sign that something is wrong for many people with Multiple Sclerosis. Get double vision, blurriness, pain, and problems seeing contrast can begin suddenly and affect one or both eyes?

 In many cases, vision problems are temporary or self-limiting, and likely result from nerve inflammation or fatigue of the eye muscles. My Multiple Sclerosis started in my left eye with the inflammation of the optic nerve. I lost over 50 % vision before they told me that I might have Multiple Sclerosis. That was back in the 1960’s when there was not much treatment for Multiple Sclerosis as there is today.

More to come--