Few people today has reliable information about such a serious and dangerous disease such as multiple sclerosis. Meanwhile, the disease becomes younger and more people are looking for at least some information about it.
Recently, experts from medicine collected and exposed the 5 common and enduring myths about this disease:
Myth 1: The diagnosis of "multiple sclerosis" - virtually the same for the patient, that the death penalty
Yes, multiple sclerosis is a severe autoimmune disease that leads to a thinning of the nerves in their myelin sheath. Yes, in some cases, the disease is fraught with disabilities. However, it is - does not mean imminent death, and the duration of the life of those who suffer from multiple sclerosis, is almost equal to "average".
Today, medicine, unfortunately, there is no effective cure for this disease, but there are treatment methods, notably suspending its course.
Myth 2: Multiple sclerosis occurs only in the elderly
No, multiple sclerosis is not considered a disease of people "aged", and most of its victims - quite young - they are from 20 to 50 years. as children are found among the patients.
Myth 3: Women suffering from multiple sclerosis are not able to become pregnant, breastfeeding
As in the cases of other autoimmune diseases, for women with multiple sclerosis pregnancy even useful. The majority of patients after the third trimester, as a rule, into remission, and rather long. There is evidence that even pregnancy lowers the risk of disease under consideration.
Note: Yes, during the course of pregnancy is often a remission of multiple sclerosis, but a relapse is possible after birth. Particularly high risk of such events in patients whose disease has progressed before pregnancy.
And yes, some medicines prescribed by those suffering from multiple sclerosis, can not accept those who are breastfeeding. However, this point can be adjusted at all times during a medical consultation.
Myth 4: The risk of multiple sclerosis "laid" in the genes
No, it's an autoimmune disease. Yes, genes play a role here, and the risk of disease is about 10 times higher if the family faced with multiple sclerosis. But the development of the disease is influenced by other factors.
Myth 5: The curable disease
Unfortunately, multiple sclerosis has not yet created any medication, but there are medicines that allow to achieve sustained remission in many patients. And in some patients taking these agents, deterioration in general never comes.
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