Signs of multiple sclerosis

Australian researchers concluded that vitamin D can minimize the risk of multiple sclerosis. Professor Bruce Taylor of the Menzies Institute in Hobart studied 145 patients in southern Tasmania and tracked their seasonal susceptibility to the disease. He watched how vitamin D affected the body. Research has shown that this vitamin is able not only to resist the disease, but also to stop relapses, which increases the chance of recovery for already sick people. “These are absolutely fresh results, and we must carefully check them before we draw conclusions,” said MS (Multiple Sclerosis) PR Specialist, Dr. Susan Kohlhaas. that the further a person lives from the Equator, the more likely the risk of developing multiple sclerosis. For example, in Malaysia, you can hardly find such sufferers, but in Scotland and Scandinavia, the disease is very common.

At the moment, the only thing that can prevent the development of the disease is early diagnosis.

What is multiple sclerosis

In multiple sclerosis, the sheath of the nerve fiber is destroyed, as a result of which vision suffers, coordination of movements and speech is impaired. Medical scientists still do not fully know how and why this strange disease occurs, but they agree that the causes may be prolonged stress, viral infections and, as mentioned earlier, geographic and climatic conditions. So, in Malaysia, Thailand, India, Australia there are only a few patients with multiple sclerosis, but in Russia, Europe and Canada there are a lot of them.

Sickness of the young

Statistics say that the average age of patients is 20-40 years. Moreover, the diagnosis of “multiple sclerosis” is put in the last place, after other reasons that could cause damage to the nervous system have been excluded. But doctors cannot say what will happen next: at the beginning of the disease, as a rule, it is not known how the disease will behave, whether exacerbations will alternate with periods of remission, or the disease will constantly progress.

How to identify the problem

The most effective method for detecting multiple sclerosis is the study of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). But before starting it, doctors will conduct a clinical examination and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), they will diagnose the disease in the early stages. The problem can be determined within 4 months. First, the doctor conducts a neurological examination, prescribes an examination, as well as an MRI if a lesion of the central nervous or peripheral system is detected.

Disturbing symptoms

See a neurologist if several symptoms appear:

• arms or legs become numb or you feel tingling, tingling, tightening of one or two limbs;

• vision in one eye has deteriorated or there is a feeling of a veil, fog in front of the eyes, pain occurs when the eyeball moves;

• often dizzy, you feel sick;

• gait is disturbed (others ask if you are drunk) or you often stumble;

• began to feel insecure while driving, on an escalator;

• the handwriting has changed, while there is a feeling that the hands “do not obey”.

Prescribe treatment

Treatment methods depend on the degree of the disease and the patient’s condition. For example, vascular and metabolic drugs may be prescribed as supportive therapy. If periods of exacerbation alternate with periods of remission, immunomodulators are indicated. Patients with progressive course – drugs of beta-interferon series. Finally, during exacerbations, hormonal therapy is carried out and drugs are prescribed that have a preventive effect on the side effect of steroids. Well, as a preventive measure, you can replenish vitamin D reserves.