I am Multiple Sclerosis

I am Multiple Sclerosis

Hi, my name is Multiple Sclerosis. You know me as a chronic disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. I don't really like that name or title so lets stick with MS for short.

I can cause a variety of symptoms, which include:
- Changes in sensation
- Visual problems
- Weakness
- Depression
- Difficulties with coordination
- Difficulties with speech

Several people that I affect will lead full and often times even use the "R word" (Rewarding) lives. That isn't the case for everyone though as often times I can cause people the use of the "D word", being disability and impaired mobility in cases where my work didn't go quite as well as planned.

I, Multiple Sclerosis affect neurons, which are the cells of the brain and spinal cords that carry information. I'm quite crafty to choose these locations as they are some of the most important parts of your body, controlling the body, carrying information, and creating thought and perception. Around your neurons you have a layer of fat that helps your neurons carry electrical signals. Sounds weird, but it's true. My affect on Neurons is the gradual break down of this fat, throughout the brain and spinal cord, which will cause several different symptoms depending on which signals I am able to disrupt.

You might think that I work alone, but that is incorrect. I result from attacks by your immune system on its self. It's like a civil war inside of your bodies immune system. Because I happen as a result of this war, I am called an autoimmune disease. Once again I prefer MS for short.

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I recently found this website, Direct-MS, which is the homepage for a charity started in 1998 by families affected by multiple sclerosis. This grassroots charity has two goals the first of which is to” provide dependable, science-based information on the role that nutritional factors play in MS in order to who are affected by MS to make an informed decision on whether or not to use dietary strategies for managing the disease and for preventing it in close relatives.” The second goal the charity works to accomplish is to fund scientific research that properly tests the effectiveness of dietary strategies for slowing or halting MS progression and for preventing it in the first place.

Part of what makes this charity so special, and partly why I am supporting it in this blog, is that it is 100% operated by volunteers which means that there is very low overhead, this allows for 99% of the funds raised from donations and events they host to go straight towards funding scientific research and providing information on nutrition and MS. Additionally Direct-MS often provides information that is not available from most other MS related charities which typically focus on drug related therapies. I believe that nutrition plays a large role in MS as well as many other diseases. It is refreshing to see a charity pursuing this type of research and providing alternative methods for treating MS. If you feel as strong as I do about alternative treatments then I encourage you to visit Direct-MS and make a donation. Please be assured this is not an advertisement for this website nor is it an affiliate program, I am supporting this site because of the service it provides and the good they are doing.


James



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