The most frequent symptoms of MS are: difficulty with eye movements, numbness or tingly sensations (sometimes just a little bit like pins and needles), difficulty with speech, weakness or short-term memory problems. MS sufferers may also experience changes in their skin, including changes in the appearance of their skin (such as dry skin). MS symptoms may come and go and vary over time with a person’s individual response to stress, medications, environmental factors and their health. MS affects about 1% of the population.
MS is sometimes considered a silent disorder, since many of its symptoms often don’t show up until a flare-up occurs. However, MS can be disabling to the point that getting daily, functional life-styles compromised is devastating. The symptoms of MS are often confused with depression and other mood disorders. Therefore, a neurologist who suspectes MS symptoms in an individual should make the diagnosis of depression, and should consider a patient’s other healthcare needs, including the possibility of depression being related to another illness. MS is not amenable to medical treatments with the same efficacy as other illnesses, so any treatment plans or results seen should always be discussed with a neurologist.
MS symptoms often involve difficulty with balance, which can lead to falls, muscle cramps and loss of balance. Fatigue is a common complaint of MS sufferers, and fatigue due to MS can range from persistent fatigue caused by exhaustion from MS, to a sudden severe fatigue that leaves the person unable to perform simple activities. This type of fatigue is often overlooked as a symptom, since it is so similar to the symptoms of depression. However, depression can lead to further depression, and fatigue that has no relation to another condition is not indicative of depression.
The inability to engage in quality sleep can worsen MS symptoms, making depression a significant factor in exacerbating the disease. People with MS and depression may both be fatigued, but their symptoms may worsen due to the fact that one is constantly depressed and the other is still able to function. MS patients who have difficulty sleeping due to depression and fatigue are more likely to have poorer overall mental health. MS fatigue can also worsen due to the stress, causing the patient to feel mentally unproductive, thus exacerbating the depression.
Another common ms symptoms is the inability to concentrate and/or inability to remember things. This too can worsen due to the stress, leaving the person with poor concentration and poor memory on a regular basis. MS sufferers are less productive at work because they cannot focus and forget things easily. This impairment can lead to low workplace productivity, absenteeism and poor profitability, damaging the company’s reputation.
Sensory disturbances can occur as part of multiple sclerosis symptoms. These can include vision disturbances such as blind spots, floaters, spider veins, blind spots near lights, hearing problems including loss of hearing or difficulties when concentrating, tingling in the fingers and numbness in the hands and feet. Balance can also be affected, with the person falling or sliding down stairs or suffering an imbalance in physical strength. MS affects the peripheral nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord, so losing control over balance, sensations and movement all can lead to a loss of grip on reality.
MS patients can experience symptoms such as bladder and bowel incontinence and urge incontinence. MS bladder incontinence is caused by a fluid build up in the organs of the bladder, which can be alleviated through frequent voiding, using specially designed products such as wet wipes and laxatives. MS urge incontinence is brought on by MS’s effect on the body’s muscles and nerves. Relapsing remitting MS is a common approach used in MS treatment, and patients will go through discrete periods of rest followed by brief periods of increased activity, which can range from light gardening to more active pursuits.
MS treatment can have severe repercussions, and there are no cures for the disease. However, there are a wide variety of methods used to treat the various MS symptoms. MS neurologists and MS nurses are highly trained professionals who treat MS patients around the clock. When faced with MS pain or other MS-affecting symptoms, a knowledgeable and compassionate MS nurse may provide valuable assistance by evaluating the severity of the condition, recommending a course of treatment and monitoring the progress of the disease-modifying therapies, if any. Because MS patients can feel so isolated, it’s important that friends and family are notified of developments. With the right health care team, a patient can live a quality life with MS and enjoy the gifts that make him or her unique.
Oren Zarif – Psychokinesis Treatment
