what is multipal sclerosis?
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. MS can cause a variety of symptoms, including changes in sensation, visual problems, muscle weakness, depression, and difficulties with coordination and speech. Although many patients lead full and rewarding lives, MS can cause impaired mobility and disability in the more severe cases.
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common signs/symptoms are episodes of DIFFERENT neurologic deficit spaced out over time (ie left body numbness followed by right facial paralysis followed by loss of vision in the left eye).  These usually resolve (at least partially) in the initial stages of the disease.  The surest diagnostic test is brain and spinal cord MRI which shows lesions in various areas corresponding to the prior episodes in various stages of recovery.  CSF will show increased protein (spinal tap), but this is not specific to MS.
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Are you talking about atherosclerotic vascular disease? If so I beleive it means the clogging and hardening of the arteries. Sclerosis means scarring and Athero has to do with the arteries vascular just means anything that is a "tube" in your body (veins, vas deferens, etc"
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schizophrenic.\n\nAlthough many people think it means a mental condition where you have multiple personalities, it really is a mind divorced from reality, characterized by a twisted logic.
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There are more than one disease that affects the nervous system.\n\nI wonder if you're referring to Tourrette's Syndrome.  There is information on this and other conditions at:\n\nhttp://www.tourettesyndrome.net/
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See Hulda Clark's book 'A Cure for all diseases'\n\nwww.drclark.net/en/drclark_protocol/illnesses/ms.php
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Yes,it is a skin condition,affecting mainly the palms and soles.\nThe symptoms are:\n1. Thickening of the skin of the palms and soles- this can be generalised,focal or punctate .--that's either the whole palm or sole is thickened,or just specific parts.\n2.Hyperpigmentation of the thickened parts--they get darker and/or redder.\n3.Associated factors differ with the corresponding syndrome.\nTreatment is with a drug called Acitretin.Prognosis is good.
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i'm not sure but try this link: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/alternatinghemiplegia/alternatinghemiplegia.htm
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Hi Meg,\nI live in Wisconsin.  We have a lot of MS cases here. There seems to be a higher prevalance in the Northern colder, damp climates that is probably why your doctor asked.\nMS symptoms are variable, my mother in law was diagnosed in her 20,s.  Today she is in her 70's and bowling.\nGood, also, you are in a much better climate.
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Multiple Sclerosis.  It is a neurological condition where the myelin wrapped around the nerve endings is randomly attacked, causing about anything.
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MS is a disease of the central nervous system. Most common presenting symptom is blurry or double vision in one eye. Another common symptom is unex[plained numbness or weakness in one part of the body.  MS can be diagnosed with the MRI of the brain or spine.  Here is a more complete list of symptoms:\n\nWeakness \nSpasticity \nNumbness (Impairment of pain, temperature, touch, senses.) \nPain (moderate to severe) \nTremor \nSpeech disturbances\nVision disturbances (double vision, optic neuritis.) \nDizziness or vertigo \nBladder, bowel or sexual dysfunction \n\n\nGo here for more details about the symptoms listed above:\n\nhttp://www.msnet.org/symptoms/mssymptoms.htm\n\nHope that helps!
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Multiple sclerosis does have a genetic component, however...my brother-in-law's mother had MS.  Before my sister and brother-in-law had kids, they asked the doctor if they needed to consider the risk of MS.  He said that the chance of getting it is so slight that it wasn't something that they needed to be worried about.  \n\nThen when I was 32, I got MS.  Now my nephews have it on both sides of their family, but the chance of them getting it is still only marginally higher than for someone who has no kin with MS.\n\nCheck with your local chapter of the National MS Society.  They can help with your questions and can also provide moral support.
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Peripheral neuropathy is injury to any peripheral nerve or nerves.  A peripheral nerve is one that is outside the central nervous system.  In the U.S., commonly peripheral neuropathy is used synonymously with polyneuropathy, meaning a single process affecting multiple peripheral nerves.  However, elsewhere such as some parts of Europe, the term peripheral neuropathy is used more broadly as defined in the first sentence above.  For instance, in some countries, medical professionals would designate carpal tunnel syndrome as one type of peripheral neuropathy.
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Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). \nMultiple sclerosis (MS) usually affects woman more than men. The disorder most commonly begins between ages 20 and 40, but can strike at any age.\n\nThe exact cause is not known, but MS is believed to result from damage to the myelin sheath, the protective material which surrounds nerve cells. It is a progressive disease, meaning the damage gets worse over time. Inflammation destroys the myelin, leaving multiple areas of scar tissue (sclerosis). The inflammation occurs when the body's own immune cells attack the nervous system.\n\nThe inflammation causes nerve impulses to slow down or become blocked, leading to the symptoms of MS. Repeated episodes, or flare ups, of inflammation can occur along any area of the brain and spinal cord.\n\nSymptoms vary because the location and extent of each attack varies. Usually episodes that last days, weeks, or months alternate with times of reduced or no symptoms (remission).\n\nRecurrence (relapse) is common although non-stop progression without periods of remission may also occur.\n\nResearchers are not sure what triggers an attack. Patients with MS typically have a higher number of immune cells than a healthy person, which suggests that an immune response might play a role. The most common theories point to a virus or genetic defect, or a combination of both. There also appears to be a genetic link to the disease. MS is more likely to occur in northern Europe, the northern United States, southern Australia, and New Zealand than in other areas. Geographic studies indicate there may be an environmental factor involved.\n\nPeople with a family history of MS and those who live in a geographical area with a higher incidence rate for MS have a higher risk of the disease.\n\nCheck out this article with excellent illustrations:\nhttp://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000737.htm
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Uveomeningoencephalitic Syndrome Complex Regional Pain Syndromes Brain Diseases - Encephalomyelitis - Meningitis - Pneumocephalus - Spinal Cord Diseases Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal Ataxia Telangiectasia - Hippel-Lindau Disease - Neurofibromatoses - Sturge-Weber Syndrome - Tuberous Sclerosis Parkinson Disease Bladder, Neurogenic - Gait Disorders, Neurologic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic - Muscular Atrophy, Spinal Cerebrovascular Trauma - Craniocerebral Trauma - Spinal Cord Injuries Just to name a few!!
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Here are link to two people who have MS:\nhttp://www.montelms.org/\nhttp://www.nationalmssociety.org/neil_cavuto.asp\n\nEmail me if you tomorrow when you've been to your doctors.  I have had a relative who had MS. Hopefully, it's something with a quick treatment and not MS.  There are new better treatments for MS every day.
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This is not an exact information. HTLV type II  has been associated with several cases of myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP)-like neurological disease, which can be mistaken for MS.