Rehabilitation Sciences 3060A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Mania, Progressive Disease, Neuroglia
4 Jan 2021
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What are the main symptoms of ms. Provide a general overview of what ms is. Consider the effect that ms may have on a person"s life. It is an autoimmune disease of the cns the name is descriptive of the sclerotic plaques disseminated throughout the cns that is a hallmark of the disease. Ms attacks myelin, causing inflammation and damage (selective demyelination) and gliosis. If damage to myelin is slight, nerve impulses travel with minor interruptions. However, if damage is substantial and scar tissue replaces the myelin, nerve impulses may be completely disrupted, and the nerve fibres themselves can be damaged. This country has the highest rate of ms in the world canada. Occurs in 1 of every 340 canadians (over 100,000 in canada. Diagnosed most often in younger adults aged 15-40 years. Ms is 3x as likely to occur in women as in men and is more common in people of northern european background.
