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what is ms?

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Multiple sclerosis: Ms is a disease of the brain & spinal cord in which inflammation damages  fatty tissue called myelin that surrounds certain nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The "myelin" acts  like insulation around an electric wire.  When its damaged nerve cells can not send messages to other parts of the nervous system normally. This can result various symptoms, weakness, speech or vision issues, etc.

Question 2

what is ms? does it affect the nervous system?

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Immune mediated: Inflammatory disease of brain, spinal cord, and eye, occurring in genetically susceptible people in their late 20's into 30's, when risk factors such as living at northern latitudes, smoking, prior viral infections, adolescent obesity, trigger onset of initial attacks.  It involves exclusively attacks on nerve coverings within the central nervous system.  Treatment is very effective in 2015.

Question 3

what is m.s?

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Multiple sclerosis: Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease that damages the central nervous system {the brain, spinal cord, and optic (eye) nerves}. Ms symptoms can be mild, such as numbness in the arms or legs, or can be severe, such as loss of vision. Symptoms can come and go, with the severity and progress of symptoms being hard to predict. Different patients can have different types of symptoms.

Question 4

what is advanced ms?

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See below: This discription likely reflects progressive stage disease with an accumulation of neurological disability.

Question 5

can you tell me what is degenerative ms?

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A phase: We conceive that ms starts with inflammatory attack on the central nervous system, followed by a less intensive but gradually deteriorating process which is termed degenerative.  So, the original relapsing-remitting course transforms at some point to a secondary progressive process.  Without treatment 90% proceed by 20 yrs.  Yet, potent and early treatment is designed to prevent the disability.

Question 6

what is worse, ms or parkinson's?

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Not fair to compare: Any neurological disease can take an immense tole, and both can result in substantial disability.  Ms affects younger people, and therefore, can rob future potential.  But parkinson's can destroy aging and retirement.  Since we cannot choose, and are at risk due to genetic susceptibility, we can only adapt to our future destinies.

Question 7

what is stronger, ms contin (morphine) or oxycontin?

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Oxy: Oxycodone is generally thought to be a bit more potent than morphine. Usual ratios on a mg basis is 3 mg morphine = 2 mg oxycodone. That stated different medications work differently on different people due to genetics and medication interactions.

Question 8

what is relapse remitting ms?

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The most common type: This is the most common type (85% of cases), which describes the clinical course of episodes of neurological impairment lasting greater than 24 hours (more typically days to weeks) followed by recovery either fully or left with residual disability.

Question 9

what is primary progressive ms?

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A subtype of MS: This subtype represents about 10-15% of all ms, tends to occur at an older median adult age. It is characterized by progressive worsening neurological disability for at least 1 year, without relapses, and with MRI findings compatible with demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Other medical and neurological conditions which may mimic this clinical course must be carefully excluded.

Question 10

what is the meaning of ms?

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Multiple Sclerosis: For doctors, ms usually means multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, resulting in loss of muscle control, vision, balance, and sensation (results in numbness or paresthesia). With multiple sclerosis, the nerves of the brain and spinal cord are damaged by one's own immune system, so ms is called an autoimmune disease.

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