MS is a disease in which the immune system eats away the protective covering of the nerves. It is a disease that affects the central nervous system which is composed of two principal parts, those two parts are the brain and spinal cord. In some way this disease stops the communication between the body and brain. Multiple sclerosis affects every individual differently some peoples symptoms are dormant and still have not experienced anything some have flares of symptoms and others have severe forms of MS. For example, When myelin or nerve fibers are damaged or destroyed in MS, messages within the CNS are altered or stopped completely. Since damage has occurred in the central nervous system (CNS) it causes various neurological symptoms. Those symptoms will depend on the person who has multiple sclerosis because it depends on the type of MS and how severe or not the disease is. The damaged areas tend to develop scar tissue that is what gives MS its name because it is basically multiple areas of scarring in the central nervous system. Researchers of the disease do not know what causes it but believe it has to do with something genetic so something that is abnormal in the affected immune system or who knows it can also be something environmental that can possibly trigger the disease.
The symp
toms that people tend to have are endless and may seem normal but shouldnt be ignored because one never knows what it can possible be. The main things people tend to experience are pain, tremors, sensory, urinary, sexual, mood, visual, whole body, muscular and lastly speech. The pains are felt possibly in yours eyes or back. For instance, if you do a sudden movement like a head nod it causes back pain. Tremors in your hands and legs when you do certain movements. Sensory meaning like feeling stars on legs or the feeling of pins and needle or reduced sensation. Urinary like leaking during the night or maybe retention or the excessive urge depends on the person. Sexual meaning like men can experience erectile dysfunction. You may experience anxiety or other mood swings as well. Visually you may experience double vision, blurred or vision loss too. The whole-body meaning loss of balance, fatigue vertigo etc. Muscular problems are endless in this case. For example, cramping, involuntary movements or muscle paralysis etc. Lastly, the speech is affected like your speech gets slurred and just have a really hard time talking. Multiple sclerosis is such a body damaging disease that it is unbelievable to me how people can live with it. The symptoms and the severity of them depends on each person.