Archive for the ‘Multiple Sclerosis’ Category

Can injuries to the head, neck, or spine cause the onset of Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? This is a debate that has waged in the field of medicine for years. The suspicion has lingered and does not seem to be fading at all with time. In fact, more health care practitioners are documenting cases of MS diagnosed subsequent to spinal trauma – too many to be caused by chance.
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So much of the constant struggle with multiple sclerosis is a mental game. Who do you turn to in the darkest hours?
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Research in the past few years has told us a lot regarding the patterns of multiple sclerosis and who's at risk for getting the disease and who is not.
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Swine flu is a type of virus. It's named for a virus that infects mainly pigs. It normally does not infect people, but human infections can and do happen. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human. The current swine influenza A (H1N1) virus has components of pig and bird influenza viruses in it, so the humans don't have any immunity to it. That makes it more likely to become a pandemic virus (have the ability to cause a global outbreak) if it can easily spread from person-to-person. There are antiviral medicines you can take to prevent or treat swine flu. This particular virus is resistant to the antiviral medications amantadine (Symmetrel) and rimantadine (Flumadine), but is sensitive to oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). There is no vaccine available right now to protect against swine flu.
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If you're looking for a magic pill to cure multiple sclerosis than I'm here to tell you the bad news, there is none. But what many suffers fail to acknowledge is that there is a way to conquer multiple sclerosis and take the bull by the horns.
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