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What Makes Multiple Sclerosis Be Treated Or Prevented?

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You slip and you try to catch yourself but for some reason your arm did not move to catch you. After you fell, you are sitting on the ground wondering, “Why couldn’t I move my arm? I was thinking to catch myself.” So you go to the medical office and are diagnosed with having multiple sclerosis. What is multiple sclerosis (MS)? What are the risk factors? Can multiple sclerosis be treated or prevented? “Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which your immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin) that covers your nerves” (Mayo Clinic). The immune system is a defensive system that protects your body from diseases and illnesses such as parasites and bacteria (Science Museum). Not only does your immune system defend the human body but also the immune system can work against the body, which is known as autoimmune disease. Since the immune system is working against your body to attack the myelin, this creates an opportunity for multiple sclerosis to invade the nerves in the central nervous system (CNS). The myelin within the body acts like insulation to protect and coat the nervous system (National Multiple Sclerosis Society). Once the myelin is eroded, the nerves become exposed which then causes signals to and from the brain to become distorted or irrupted causing a wide range of symptoms to occur (National Multiple Sclerosis Society). The effect of the myelin eroding is an irreversible process (Mayo Clinic). “The damaged myelin forms scar tissue (sclerosis), which

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