World MS Day 2016
As each day passes with life with MS, it’s worth noting that quite often, there is still a large information gap to be filled on a medical, emotional, societal and political level. Like many other disease groups, the MS community wants to enhance “Life with…” once a year in a bid to give more insight in what people without MS may otherwise take for granted. In the past, I’ve written about World MS Day on my blog, as well as on the Irish MS Society’s blog and on Novartis’s MS blog. As a person living with the illness day in, day out, highlighting it has become a moral obligation.
TN triggers, symptoms & diagnosis
"Other disorders that cause facial pain should be ruled out before trigeminal neuralgia is diagnosed. Some disorders that cause facial pain include postherpetic neuralgia (nerve pain following an outbreak of shingles), cluster headaches, and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ, which causes pain and dysfunction in the jaw joint and muscles that control jaw movement). Most people with TN eventually will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan to rule out a tumour or multiple sclerosis as the cause of their pain."
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MS News: April 2016
Highlight! New injectable multiple sclerosis drug given go-ahead Smoking Cessation Decelerates Brain Volume Loss in Multiple Sclerosis Research Catching glandular fever can prevent multiple sclerosis Drug boosts myelin regeneration in mice raising hope of future treatments for MS Gut Bacteria Affects Myelin Content and Induces MS-Like Depression in Mice, Study Reportsultiple sclerosis development risk linked with where you live The nature of genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis: constraining the possibilities A Way Forward in Treating Primary-Progressive Multiple Sclerosis? Study Shows Potential of Novel Compound to Treat Multiple Sclerosis Cytokine Once Thought Only to Promote Inflammation Now Seen to Have Restorative Properties, Too Multiple sclerosis: A new leap forward? Technique measures ‘postural sway’ to diagnose neuromuscular disorders Multiple sclerosis Could Helicobacter pylori provide protection against multiple sclerosis?
Ignorance
Oh, people will stalk you on Facebook on their smartphone, but do not ask them to find unprejudiced, trustworthy websites to learn something about your condition on that very smartphone. Quite often, they "will do so when they have time," despite having their phone in their hands 50 times a day.
MS News: March 2016
Highlight! Researchers spill the beans on coffee and MS Health Benefits Of Coffee: Multiple Sclerosis Risk Lower In People Who Drink More Java Daily Coffee may help combat Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Research Diabetic Oral Drugs Like Metformin Eased MS Symptoms in People with Both Diseases, Study Reports Signaling Molecule Seen to Induce CNS Remyelination in Mice with Spinal Injuries Oral MS Drug Derived from Plant Peptide Seen to Stop Disease Progression in Mice
MS News: February 2016
Highlight! SHEMAR MOORE JOINS KISS GOODBYE ACTRIMS 2016 ACTRIMS 2016 Talk Weighs Clinical Differences, Similarities in 2 Major Forms of MS Results of New SPMS Study to Be Presented at ACTRIMS Effects of Specific Antibodies on MS Neurodegeneration to Be Presented at ACTRIMS Forum Treadmill Exercise Benefits MS Patients, According to Study Presented at ACTRIMS Forum NIH Study into Progressive MS Biomarkers to Be Presented at ACTRIMS 2016 ACTRIMS Session on MS Progression to Emphasize Continuing Treatment of Advancing Disease