Hi-- with respect to the current discussion:
There is no known cure for MS. Currently there are three known drugs which
have been shown to have ameliorating effects on symptoms and actually have
decreased or slowed delay of progressive disabilities. Lots of info - as
detailed as you want it - is available from MS Societies around the world.
The National MS Society in the US can be contacted at:
Tel: 1-800-FIGHT-MS (1-800-344-4867)
E-mail : [log in to unmask]
Website: http://www.nmss.org
MS has two main forms-- one is characterized by acute episdes with frequent
or even very long periods (years) of remission; the second form is slowly
progressive. Remission is in no way considered a cure; however, MS is known
is be difficult to diagnose in the early stages, because of its fickleness of
presentation and extremely variable course over years.. It is possible that
your patient doesn't have MS and is "cured" from something else.
The biggest factor affecting exercise in persons with MS is the fatigue.
Fatigue in MS occurs for several different reasons -- but the effect is the
same- a deterioration of neuromotor function. One type of fatigue is the
usual type of muscular fatigue, which recovers in usual time. The more
important type of fatigue in MS occurs from impaired motor fibers secondary to
CNS demyelination. Thus, fatigue in MS patients must be approached by
clinicians in a different way than non-neurologic fatigue. Lots of patient
education is important, as well as helping the person recognize the specific
limitations and precautions he or she should take having the disease. There
is also much literature out there, as previously cited by antoher respondent.
Good luck.!
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