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| Central Nervous System Autoimmune Disease |
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| Multiple Sclerosis Type of disease |
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| Central Nervous System Disease |
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| Young white females 15-55. Increases further from the equator. Possibly related to weather and particular virus or genetic pool. |
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| Attacks myelin sheaths of CNS. Many scars form multiple areas of demyelination. In white matter where axon nerve tracts are. |
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| Theory: molecular mimicry: Myelin sheaths molecularly resemble something hostile immune system has attacked before: virus, food etc.Immune system attack it. |
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| More aggressive now to prevent destruction of axon. |
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ABC:
Interferon beta 1 A: to modulate immune system.
Interferon beta 1 B
Copaxone: a peptide that resembles myeline sheath structure as a decoy. |
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Vitamin B 400 iu daily to increase muscle strength, prevent falls.
FLu vaccinations
Stay cool |
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1. Age, gender profile
2. Multiple CNS lesions (multifocal white matter disease)
3. Waxes and wanes |
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| Heat, infection, physical, mental stress |
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Heat intolerance
Babinsky reflex: Stroke side, bottom of foot- toes will flare up
Multi Internuclear Opthalmoplegia: Highly signifies MS. As turn eyes to side, far eye has problem turning, near eye jerks |
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| Relapsing, remitting course, waxes and wanes. After some years, doesn't wax and wane. Most problems have problems walking by 20 years. |
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| Common neurological deficits |
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| Visual, fatigue, sensory deficit, some cognitive deficit, pain, clinical depression |
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| Stumbling gait, tendency to fall, visual acuity |
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