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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a major cause of neurological disability in young adults. There are at least five major factors of psychological adjustment to MS.
1. The personality of the patient
The first factor of psychological adjustment to multiple sclerosis is the personality of the patient. Some patients adapt quickly to new life whereas others are trapped […]

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has a considerable impact on quality of life of patients and may induce a depressive syndrome that is expressed most often by instability, worry, discouragement, or restlessness.
Quality of life encompasses three main areas: physical, psychological and social. These three areas are strongly interlinked, social integration is often dependent on the physical and […]

Multiple sclerosis is a frustrating disease because the current treatments are few and at present, there is no cure for multiple sclerosis, but the available drugs can slow the disease course. Synthetic forms of beta interferon (a natural immunomodulator that regulates the immune response) reduce the frequency and severity of relapses and decrease the degree […]

Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults, who often start to feel symptoms between 20 and 40 years. Multiple sclerosis (from the Greek ‘hardening’) is a disease of the central nervous system that affects the brain, brain stem and spinal cord. Myelin, the substance that coats nerve fibers, is damaged, and […]

I’ve talked to a number of people in the last week who have told me just how important it is to have a spouses view of MS. And this is true MS affects everyone-wives, husbands, parents, boyfriends, and girlfriends. So what I will reveal in this article is a bunch of realizations I’ve […]

Multiple Sclerosis Fatigue is one of the number one symptoms and complaints of multiple sclerosis. And unfortunately one of the #1 reasons that many people with MS end up on disability. Multiple Sclerosis fatigue is real, and a prominent symptom for as many as 85-95% of those with MS.
Here are 15 ways to […]

It’s an issue for all of us diagnosed with multiple sclerosis- a disease that changes our lives forever. Touching everyone and everything in its path. And what I’ve found is that there are no rules and who and what you decide to disclose is based on various different factors.
Telling Your Employer You’ve Got Multiple […]

Yesterday in my wanderings though the internet I found some rather interesting information, some of which I’m not so sure I agree with.
One particular reply stated, I don’t really like the phrases conquer MS or healing MS or beating MS.
MS is something which we learn to adapt to, no matter the extent of the disease […]

The forums are laden with people who have MS and are in relationships where they doubt the love of the partner and ask why would they want to be with me?
Here I am, sick with MS. I don’t know what is going to happen to me and why would you want me?
Common question for us […]

If you’re like me, than you couldn’t wait to watch Oprah Winfrey yesterday and watch and see how Montel felt and reacted to his diagnosis of MS.
Each and every hour someone in the world is diagnosed with the life sentence of multiple sclerosis. Today, we see some 400,000 people with multiple sclerosis. And the […]