Remission of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Symptoms Posted: 02-07-06 06:04am
Hi:
My girlfriend was diagnosed with SM about
eight years ago , the fact is in these
last eight years she had only suffered a
ligth sense outbreak, with the only
after-effects not feeling the left foot
properly.In the four last months he has
suffered other two sense outbreaks ( The
first only last four days and she did not
need steroids , however the second
outbreaks is still causing symptoms, as
she has itching sensation in her left
foot ,and he cannot walk properly due to
this sense alteration.These problems are
occuring in the last three weeks and
eventhough the neurologist prescribed her
steroids during four days , there are no
effective results in her foot sensation.So
, my question is ,
is it possible , attending to your
experience , that this sensation is an
after-effects of this last outbreak , or
on the contrary she has to wait for a
remition of her symptoms ? . Other people
whom I have asked for this problem , told
me that the sense outbreaks are not the
worst problems in this disease, and the
symptoms disappear in somw days , weeks or
months in some cases.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune
disease where the immune system attacks
its own structures. The immune system
attacks the myelin coverings of the nerve
tracts in the brain’s white substance.
Symptoms depend upon the location of the
attac and the number/dimensions of the
lesions in the white substance. Lesions
can heal in time but not completely.
That’s why symptoms become weaker or
even disappear but never go away
completely. There are remissions in MS but
they are not complete. In time, new
lesions occur with new symptoms and
incomplete remissions. That’s why MS is
a progressive disease. Over a longer
period of time, symptoms become worse and
worse. We use medications
(corticosteroids) for faster healing of
the lesions and to prevent another lesions
from occuring.
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