ms facts or multiple sclerosis facts
Multiple
Sclerosis is
known as
an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks itself, as if it is a
foreign
invader, which the body needs to defend itself against.
Sclerosis means
scarring. Scarring is seen in
the majority of the cases of Multiple
Sclerosis that
are diagnosed each year. The
scarring is seen as plaques or
lesions on the test results from performing ms mri tests or
magnetic resonance imaging tests on
different parts of the body.
Diagnosing
Multiple Sclerosis is
done after performing mri tests, pin-prick tests, retinal scans, or a
sample of
spinal fluid is collected by doing a ms spinal tap and the
sample is analyzed for certain
protein markers that are characteristically present when the condition
of Multiple
Sclerosis is also
present in the body.
Multiple
Sclerosis is
known to
attack and often damage nerves throughout the central nervous system,
throughout the body. The majority of the scarring that is seen in most
cases of Multiple
Sclerosis is
present on the spinal cord or
through out the brain.
The myelin, a fatty
tissue which surrounds, insulates and
protects the nerves running throughout the spinal cord, is attacked and
damaged
in the majority of the cases of Multiple
Sclerosis.
The brain
is surrounded by a membrane, called the Blood
Brain Barrier, which protects the bra in from toxins
entering the brain, which
can cause damage to the sensitive nerves through out the
brain. The
brain has no natural way of
defending itself from toxins, such as heavy metals (aluminum, cadmium,
lead,
mercury and other metals), which can cause severe damage or at least
severe
cognitive problems with confusing and scrambling the brain nerve
signals. Heavy
meals are especially known to
punch holes in the Blood Brain Barrier, which can set the brain up for
the
conditions that allow Multiple Sclerosis to attack and cause damage to
the
brain.
It is
also becoming more of a concern that other health
conditions, like Leaky Gut, can set up the conditions where the natural
defenses of our bodies are weakened so that it is much easier for Multiple Sclerosis attacks against
the body, which can cause
damage to our bodies.
Leaky Gut is a condition where the intestines
are perforated or has
holes in it, which allow partially digested food to escape from the
intestines
into parts of the body where it should not be. The
intestines or colon are know to be
where the majority of the food that we eat is broken down and
digested. The
intestines are also where the
major part of the nutrients from the food that we eat is
absorbed. Leaky
Gut sets up the body to develop
more severe vitamin, mineral and other nutrient deficiencies, that
weaken the
immune system, reduce the effectiveness of the digestive system in
absorbing
vitamins, minerals and other nutrients from the food that we eat, and
also sets
up the conditions that make our bodies more susceptible to the body
being more
easily attacked by Multiple
Sclerosis.
MS Vitamin D or Multiple Sclerosis vitamin d
It is
also becoming more of an issue that the countries,
where people live that do not receive an adequate amount of sunlight
each day
are the countries where the much higher incident rate for Multiple
Sclerosis is
appearing on a more regular
basis. These
countries are
located further from the equator (both north and south of the equator)
that are
outside of the tropical areas and that often have more of the year with
shortened amount of day light hours.
The more
severe the Vitamin D deficiency becomes, the more
of the symptoms begin to appear more often.
Symptoms
of vitamin D
deficiency can include:
* SAD (seasonal affective disorder)
- this is a depression
that is Dependant on how much sunlight you have shining on
your skin
(your skin's reaction to the sunlight is to produce vitamin d), or how
much
vitamin D you take. This type of depression us known to have
a better
chance of showing up in end of fall and beginning of winter, when the
amount of
daylight hours decrease.
* anxiety - this can
be another symptom of a more severe
vitamin d deficiency.
* low bone density or soft bones
can also result.
MS
vitamin d and other vitamin and mineral deficiencies can
be caused by lack of adequate exposure to sunlight, reduced vitamin
absorption
from food (often Leaky Gut is part of the problem), eating too many
refined or
over processed foods, not eating enough green leafy vegetables, fruit
and other
vegetables, and/or reduced liver and kidney function.
Taking
vitamin D supplements, getting out in the sunlight
more and eating more of the oily type fish (like sardines), along with
eating a diet with
at least 50% to 60% of green leafy vegetables, fruit and other
vegetables can
help reduce the seasonal depression that is a result from reduced
vitamin D
levels.
Other
vitamin deficiencies can contribute to many of the
other MS symptoms by
allowing our bodies to over react even further to the
often over reactive nervous system that appears to go with most cases
of
Multiple Sclerosis.
These vitamin deficiencies
that do influence or add more
problems to many of the Multiple
Sclerosis symptoms that tend to be present in many cases of
Multiple Sclerosis can include deficiencies in vitamin b12, vitamin E,
essential fatty acids, eating too little fiber and because of eating
too many
cooked or over processed foods.
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