History of MS: 1900 – 1960
20th century In the 19th century, scientists first learned that bacteria cause many diseases. As the 20th century began, they discovered even smaller organisms, viruses, and developed techniques for growing and studying bacteria and viruses in the laboratory. This later led to research on viral causes of MS. In 1906, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Dr. Camillo Golgi and Dr. Santiago Ramon y Cajal, who perfected new chemicals to enhance the visibility of nerve cells under the microscope. With this new technology now available, Dr. James Dawson at the University of Edinburgh in 1916 performed detailed microscopic examinations of the brains of patients who had died with MS.
Tiredness ≠ fatigue
"Yes, I do know how to read calendars and clocks. I even know how to reset the microwave clock when Ireland changes to a new daylight saving time. Please don’t compare your healthy tiredness to unhealthy fatigue, it’s like comparing microwaves to planet Mars."
MS News: August 2014
August 2014 has been a great month for people with neurological illnesses, as they finally saw their type of illness broadcast, and indeed, doused by ALS ice bucket challenges. To quickly place ALS amongst other neurological illnesses, perhaps the most famous person with ALS is Stephen Hawking, a personal hero of mine since my teenage years. ALS, also called MND (Motor Neurone Disease and Lou Gehrig’s Disease), is similar to multiple sclerosis and has several causes. A lot of money has gone to charitable organisations supporting ALS as well as other neurological illnesses.
No end to trigeminal neuralgia
"While I’m sitting here, typing fine long sentences, I'm almost giddy of pain, and the left side of my face feels like it’s being pulled way west in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean. My left eye feel like closing up shop for a week or two, and my brain is slowly being stir-fried. Yes, that is what trigeminal neuralgia feels like."
Shortlisted, and shortlisted again!
"Not only has the MS Ireland group blog, who I also write for, been shortlisted in the Blog Awards Ireland 2014 competition, but I'm shortlisted in the two categories I was nominated in with my own blog. Everyone in the MSI group is ecstatic, and it just makes you want to do more, write more and just achieve more."
Brain facts
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Clinical trials
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