Re: [JJ World] ABCs versus alternative health care

[Guest guest]

You might also want to add that nothing that traditional medicine has

offered anyone with MS has done more to improve our circumstances. At least

the nutrition, exercise and alternative's have helped most if not all that

have practiced them. There are more positive results than anything else....

Most folks want proof, the medical community wants proof.......well if you

really want solid proof.........just ask anyone with MS that pays attention

to nutrition, exercise and avoiding allergens, chemicals and

pollutants.....you'll get your proof.

Regards,

Tom

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>>>> _Insidious Progression of MS:

>>>> More Than Just Relapses and Remissions_

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>>>> ART) By: _ Haran_

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>>>> Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an insidious disease where destructive

>>>> lesions

>>>> in

>>>> the brain and spinal cord interfere with practically every physical

>>>> process

>>>> in the body. No two people have the exact same set of symptoms,

>>>> which can

>>>> range from the annoying to the disabling. And that's why many MS

>>>> specialists are

>>>> saying that the management of MS symptoms should also vary from

>>>> person to

>>>> person.

>>>> In MS, the body mistakenly attacks its own myelin, the fatty tissue

>>>> that

>>>> insulates the nerves in the central nervous system, leading to

>>>> attacks or

>>>> flare-ups of MS symptoms. Disease-modifying drugs are given to

>>>> decrease

>>>> the

>>>> frequency of those attacks and to slow down the progression of the

>>>> disease.

>>>> " But treating the pathology of MS does not necessarily translate into

>>>> treating symptoms of the disease, " says Heidi Crayton, MD,

>>>> co-director of

>>>> the

>>>> Multiple Sclerosis Center at the town University Multiple

>>>> Sclerosis

>>>> Center

>>>> in Washington, DC. " I believe it is when people's symptoms aren't

>>>> being

>>>> addressed that they stop taking their disease-modifying drug, because

>>>> they

>>>> don't

>>>> feel any better. "

>>>> Treating MS symptoms can help people not only stay on their

>>>> disease-modifying

>>>> drugs but also feel better. And effective symptom management, Dr.

>>>> Crayton

>>>> says, starts with good doctor-patient communication. In an MS

>>>> center, the

>>>> neurologist will oversee symptom management, but outside of a

>>>> center, the

>>>> neurologist might refer a patient to other specialists or to the

>>>> primary

>>>> care doctor.

>>>> Healthology talked with Dr. Crayton to get an overview of MS

>>>> symptoms and

>>>> to

>>>> find out how addressing even minor symptoms can make the difference.

>>>> What are the most common MS symptoms?

>>>> Most people have symptoms from their MS that affect their quality of

>>>> life

>>>> on

>>>> a day-to-day basis. Probably the most common symptoms are fatigue,

>>>> spasticity, bladder and bowel dysfunction, cognitive dysfunction

>>>> (problems with

>>>> thinking and remembering), sexual dysfunction and pain. The symptoms

>>>> can

>>>> occur by

>>>> themselves or in conjunction with other symptoms and when they build

>>>> up,

>>>> MS

>>>> becomes a lot more disabling.

>>>> How do you approach the treatment of such a wide range of symptoms?

>>>> Doctors and patients often get very overwhelmed and are not quite

>>>> sure

>>>> where

>>>> to start. It really is a kind of a negative feedback loop. For

>>>> instance,

>>>> if

>>>> somebody's fatigued and depressed, they're not very likely to

>>>> exercise.

>>>> And,

>>>> as the level of exercise decreases, spasticity increases and so does

>>>> constipation. And if you're more spastic and constipated, you have a

>>>> full

>>>> colon, so

>>>> you usually develop bladder problems. And if you have bladder

>>>> problems,

>>>> you're

>>>> probably not getting good sleep. And if you're not getting good

>>>> sleep,

>>>> then

>>>> you usually experience cognitive deficits. And cognitive deficits

>>>> feed

>>>> into

>>>> fatigue and depression. So it is a very vicious cycle and you just

>>>> have

>>>> to

>>>> dive in.

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