Nerve Study

This picture shows you how a regular nerve, one of a person with out Multiple Sclerosis, looks when compaired to the nerve of someone diagnosed with MS. The myelin sheath is a white, waxy coating  that covers the nerve cells and allows conduction of nerve impulses between cells, working in much the same way as the insulating coating on a wire does. The bodys immune system eats away at the myelin in someone with MS. MS is believed to initiate an attack on the myelin, resulting in lesions—bare spots and scarred areas along the nerve. Conduction of the nerve impulse is then slowed or halted, producing the neurologic signs and symptoms of MS. Destruction of myelin, a process known as demyelination, can also lead to “cross-talk” between nerves—abnormal nerve-to-nerve signaling, which also may produce symptoms.


Cited http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-we-know-about-ms/what-is-ms/myelin/index.aspx

http://www.livestrong.com/myelin/

Unmet Needs of Severely Affected Multiple Sclerosis Patients: The Health Professionals View. Article Review

     In the article “Unmet Needs of Severely Affected Multiple Sclerosis Patients: The Health Professionals View” the main topic of discussion is how  health care professionals are dealing with patients with MS. Throughout the article, there are many examples on how doctors, nurses and social workers are feeling like they are helpless when it comes to providing relief to those patients. Also explained in the article the authors informed the audience on how some patients burdened with the many symptoms if MS can be compared to the pain that people living with cancer go through. The fact the some people living with MS need continuous care and services to help them live an everyday life, as well are psychological support is something that many patients need or will at some time need to help them live their everyday lives.