ms and how it has affected me

Acupuncture has also been used to help with nerve problems like this. .
             I decided to begin reading up on this disease because it has affected not one but two people in my immediate family. Studies say that only 1 in every 5 people that has MS has a direct relative that has the disease. This is very strange that both my mom and her sister have it and now I want to be more educated and prepared on the symptoms, what medicines there are for it, and how to care for people with it.
             There are four different levels or types of reactions that MS affects. Benign Sensory is the least damaging type. It affects the nerves that distinguish between pain, touch, temperature and body position. There may be some optical damage too, but in this case, MS leaves little or no disability and the patient usually recovers. Relapsing remitting is the second type of MS. It shows repeatedattacks? and severe symptoms. There is a good chance of someone with this type of MS recovering partially or even completely. This is the most common type of MS but it takes on different forms and occurs at different times. Relapsing-remitting with secondary progression is the third type. This is a very damaging form and often, patients never recover from the attacks. With each fresh attack, the patient experiences a greater level of disability. The last and most severe, but most rare type of MS is Primary-progressive. This type is almost like a continuous attack. The MS never goes into remission and the patient never recovers. A small portion of patients with MS have this type of the disease. .
             Several drugs are out now that have proven to cut down the frequency of attacks. Before these drugs, studies were done to help the symptoms of each attack, but now they have focused on the time between each attack. Prednisone is one drug that relieves symptoms but does not prevent further disability. My aunt has been on this drug for some time now and it is very obvious that this is true.