BeCare MS Link can replicate the EDSS calculated by your physician. The MS app is a validated neurologic assessment that can help MS patients and the doctors treating them. https://meridian.allenpress.com/ijmsc/article/doi/10.7224/1537-2073.2023-009/495666/Validated-Quantitative-Machine-Learning-Generated
The diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis is considered by physicians after patients report various symptoms including changes in vision, motor weakness, incoordination, change in walking, fatigue, and bowel and bladder issues. The evaluation almost always includes an MRI of the brain and spinal cord, and often also cerebral spinal fluid examination via a spinal tap …
Today, MS patients have many options when it comes to medications used to slow the progression of their disease – but this was not always the case. In fact, the first medications (the interferons) designed specifically to treat MS were not introduced until 1993. Then, in the next few years, more self-injectable medications were introduced. …
What is Shingles? About one in every three Americans will have shingles in their lifetime. Shingles is a painful array of blisters that follow the distribution of a single nerve root on the skin (usually the torso) and are usually one-sided. The blisters usually resolve entirely in two to four weeks. The blisters often are …
While the COVID-19 virus (SARS-CoV-2) public health emergency declaration officially ended this month, on May 11th, the infectious disease has not gone away. Experts say COVID is here to stay. That is especially true for those dealing with the long-term effects of COVID. COVID’s Neurologic Symptoms At initial infection, most people infected with COVID-19 have …
We focus on multiple sclerosis and mental illnesses as we enter May’s Mental Health Awareness Month. In this blog, we cover why people with MS are at high risk of developing mood disorders while suggesting ways to mediate the associated anxiety and depression experienced by many MS patients. Background: Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is an …
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Overview of Early Treatment After a lengthy debate, early treatment of multiple sclerosis is now strongly advocated by MS experts. Our blog, “Insights into Early Treatment,” explored two trials that studied the effect of drug therapy after the onset of Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS). The study results revealed that early intervention decreased the percentage of …
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The Mystery of Autoimmune Diseases The mystery that faces those with multiple sclerosis and any autoimmune disorder: what triggers the disease? On a basic level, autoimmune disease occurs because the body’s natural defenses, the immune system, attack the body’s healthy tissue. But the answers to “how” and “why” remain elusive to scientists, physicians, and those …
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How MS Patients Have Tried to Manage Their Disease Most people dealing with multiple sclerosis take an active role in managing their disease. In fact, MS patients try a wide variety of holistic treatments to help ease some of the many symptoms and adverse effects of the disease. A 2010 survey showed that between 30% …
Time to Start a New Diet? It’s that time of year when there’s much talk and publicity about diet. Modifying – i.e., improving — one’s diet – ranks high on new year’s strategies. The popular Mediterranean diet, the closest to an anti-inflammatory diet, may receive the most attention. For those dealing with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), …
