Multiple sclerosis symptoms vs relapses

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Avatar f tn http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Relapses--Pseudo-Relapses-and-Remissions/show/372?cid=36 If you click on "health pages" at the top r hand side of this page, you will find lots of great info re MS.
333672 tn?1273792789 We seem to have this discussion interminably and yet the types of MS still seem elusive. Just to satisfy my own curiosity, I got my hands on a copy of the article on which the current four clinical types are based: Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: results of an international survey by Fred D. Lublin and Stephen C. Reingold for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (USA) Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials of New Agents in Multiple Sclerosis. In Neurology.
199882 tn?1310184542 t understand how you can have PPMS (primary progressive) and also have relapses because by definition PPMS has no relapses. As far as I understand it, you can have SPMS (secondary progressive) with superimposed relapses or you could have PRMS (progressive relapsing). On the other hand, I don't understand these things too well as I don't even know what kind of MS I have.
559187 tn?1330782856 results from the MSBase registry (http://neurologyasia.org/articles/20082_199.pdf): In the background section, they state that "A meta-analysis of all studies in the northern hemisphere suggests that relapses do occur in highest frequency in spring." They then point out some weaknesses of these studies. Their own research found that "Relapses were significantly more common in spring in the northern hemisphere (P<0.0001) and autumn in the southern hemisphere (P<0.0001).
333672 tn?1273792789 A lot of us on the MS forum seem to struggle with the concept of relapses and remissions. We've had a lot of discussions about this, but it can still be difficult to grasp. I was wondering if you wouldn't mind saying something about Ess' question on the thread on "Slow or 'looking back' relapses" at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/716631. She asked if "various symptoms that develop over time, or take a long time to be characterized, constitute a relapse?
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559187 tn?1330782856 The past months allowed us to improve our knowledge of putative precipitating factors of relapses in multiple sclerosis. Having to take a poll, I would say that the present evidence of an association of relapses of multiple sclerosis is strong for the postā€partum period (Confavreux et al., 1998), is becoming possibly disputable for infections (Sibley et al., 1985; Buljevac et al., 2002), is minor, if any, for trauma (Goodin et al., 1999) and stress (Mohr et al.
635835 tn?1272539383 //www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Oral-steroids-Vs-IV-for-a-relapse/show/1096734 http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Multiple-Sclerosis/Methylprednisolone-Oral-Course-for-Exacerbations/show/617994 However, I understand that you're in a bind over this. You can't very well dictate treatment to a neuro and expect to have a good future relationship. I don't suppose there's any way you could go to an ER?
4943237 tn?1428991095 Yup :-) In fact multisystem failure, as we say in techland, is a distinct possibility. DUring my last relapse I saw double, could barely move off the couch, had bladder issues, couldn't walk in a straight line etc.
1540771 tn?1292988370 //www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Lesions-vs-Symptoms/show/61?cid=36 and http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Spinal-Cord-Lesions/show/764?cid=36 and http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/How-Can-a-Person-with-MS-Have-a-Negative-MRI/show/161?cid=36 You will likely have many more questions. That's one reason we are here! Welcome.
382218 tn?1341181487 Describes a type of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis in which few relapses occur. These relapses tend to produce sensory symptoms, which go away and leave very little or no residual damage or disability. There is also debate on the topic of exactly how to define benign MS, but some researchers propose a definition of benign MS as people who have had MS for at least 10 years and who have an Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) score of 2.0 or less.
382218 tn?1341181487 15 Dec 2008 - 0:00 PST www. medicalnewstoday .com/articles/132947. php "FTY720 (fingolimod), an experimental oral drug for relapsing MS is more effective than current treatments according to new research reported today. The trial, called TRANSFORMS, is the first of three studies of FTY720 to report. TRANSFORMS was a one year study involving 1,292 participants receiving either 0.5 mg or 1.25 mg FTY720 or interferon beta-1a (Avonex).
Avatar f tn Approximately 50% of patients with RRMS convert to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) within 10 years of disease onset. After 30 years, this figure rises to 90%. At any one time, the Relapsing-Remitting form of the disease accounts around 55% of all people with multiple sclerosis. SPMS is characterised by a steady progression of clinical neurological damage with or without superimposed relapses and minor remissions and plateaux.
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712568 tn?1268104907 I was reading on another MS information site that they are testing out and some have already, taken Chemo for thier MS symptoms? Has anyone heard of this? It also said that this can stop some of the symptoms, or help with relapses? I don't know much about this, and there wasnt a lot of information to grab. Has anyone heard of this?
410281 tn?1254229064 Check this out! It's the first aura vs. MS info I've really found and supports what I said/asked in the prior two threads: http://books.google.com/books?