It was back in 2012, when I first heard about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in one of my classes. Then I heard about it again when Jack Osbourne, the son of Ozzy Osbourne was being interviewed because he had been recently diagnosed with it. Now, that I was reading our textbook for our physiological psychology class that disease was referred as the topic of myelin sheaths was introduced. So I went on search to find out what causes Multiple Sclerosis and why is it important to have myelin in our brain.
I did my
research and with the information provided from the website of National Multiple Sclerosis Society I was able to know and understand what it was, its
symptoms, what causes it, and treatments. In-case you do go to the link I
provided from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society I recommend watching the
video they have provided in order to have a better understanding of how
significant it’s the role of myelin. It sure did help me. I was able to understand
that myelin is very important for our brain because when a person has MS the
myelin in the central nervous system is damaged and the nerve fiber interferes
with the transmission of nerve signals between the brain and spinal cord or other
parts of the body. If you start feeling some numbness in your limbs or start
losing your vision please go visit your doctor so you can make sure you don’t
have it. With the video that
I have provided it explains the types of MS and how in each type a person
might experience distinct symptoms. So no person experiencing MS has the same
symptoms or feels the same way.The bad news about MS is that there is still no cure for it. It is still mysterious for doctors so I hope that one day in the near future researchers find a way to stop this disease. Once again let me repeat what is MS, it is an autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system and it is an unpredictable disease because you never know how it will strike its victims. Like in this next video that I provided it shows the different experiences that each person has had to deal with living with Multiple Sclerosis.
Ashley,
ReplyDeleteI found the videos to be very interesting...I honestly hadn't heard much about MS until the chapter and then now with your blog. I had heard about Jack Osborn being diagnosed because I would see a show he would host of Sy-Fy, but I didn't think much of it, honestly. What scared me most is that there isn't a set way this disease works. It varies from person to person. How could one possibly feel not knowing what they're progression is going to be like? I mean, usually we are aware of the symptoms and what the course of a disease is, but this is like Russian Roulette...you don't know what you're going to get. I did click the link you provided, and I noticed that MS is referred as an immune-mediated disease, not an autoimmune one (well, they are speculations, but that's just what I read). Overall, I thought you blog was well written and very informative.
When I first heard about Multiple Sclerosis, I didn’t know what it meant, I’d never heard those words, so I didn’t know it was a disease and even after I learned that, I still didn’t understand any of it, even now if I were asked I couldn’t give anyone any information about it. Reading your post and watching the video you put up I can say that I understand the disease a little better, I wouldn’t say I know much about it, I at least understand what it is.
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