What Is Multiple Sclerosis?

My blog today is going to be about a rare disease that affects and destroys the human nervous system of thousands of people around the world, called Multiple Sclerosis (MS). After, searching for long her is what I discovered about this disease.

First, I would like to introduce the term the Nervous System. The Nervous System is one of the most complex systems in the human body. The Nervous System coordinates the activity of the muscles , monitors the organs, and also control sensory input from the senses,integration, and motor output. The Nervous System is composed of two major parts: the Central Nervous System (CNS) which includes the Brain and the spinal cord,and the Peripheral Nervous system (PNS) which includes all the neurons and nerves in the human body excluding the (CNS) parts.
Prominent parts of a Nervous System include neurons and nerves, which are used in coordination. All parts of the Nervous System are made of nervous tissue. Some neurons can regenerate some can’t for instance: the neurons in the brain. During research in the past years, a lot of diseases were discovered that have a critical impact on the Human Nerves System. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is one of the discovered diseases that critically affect the Human Nervous System and its functions.
Multiple Sclerosis (abbreviated MS) is a chronic, demyelinating disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS), a critical part in the Human Nervous System. Multiple Sclerosis affects neurons, the cells of the brain and spinal cord that carry information, which allows the brain to control the body. Surrounding many of these neurons is a fatty layer known as the “myelin sheath”, which helps neurons carry electrical signals. MS causes continues destruction of myelin sheat and cuts across of neuron axons in patches throughout the brain and spinal cord. When the myelin is destroyed, the neurons can no longer effectively conduct their electrical signals (some neurons would still be functional but not with the same previous pace). The name Multiple Sclerosis refers to the multiple scars (or scleroses) on the myelin sheaths. This scarring causes symptoms which vary widely depending upon which signals are destroyed. MS can cause a variety of symptoms, including changes in sensation, blurred vision, loss of balance, muscle weakness, depression, difficulties with coordination and speech, and so on. MS can cause impaired mobility and disability in more severe cases. Most people with MS experience periods of remission and periods of progression of the disease. A recent research indicated that MS could be caused because of less sunlight exposure and possibly decreased vitamin D production in the body, which raises the question of how likely people living away from the equator are going to be affected by the disease. MS is well known that its not an hereditary disease, however research suggests that genetics may play a role in determining a person's susceptibility to MS.

Unfortunaetly, Multiple Sclerosis has no known definitive cure. However,several types of therapy have proven to be helpful. Different therapies are used for every specific condition patients face. More treatments are being studied and researched. Mitoxantrone is a medication which proved to be effective, but is limited by cardiac toxicity. Interferons is another medication derived from human cytokines which help regulate the immune system. Hence, Multiple Sclerosis would be slowed down from causing its affect on the Central Nervous System (CNS).