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[S1205]Symptoms For Multiple Sclerosis

by Groshan Fabiola, Gro

As in other illnesses and diseases one can tell if someone has disorders by analyzing that person to see if certain symptoms are present. Finding and identifying the symptoms can be quite tricky sometimes. First of all not all the people come down with the same symptoms and on top of that is the fact that some of the symptoms that the patient may be experiencing are possible to be mimicking the symptoms from other diseases. If a person has one or a few symptoms related to the ones for multiple sclerosis it doesn't necessarily mean that the individual has the disorder.

Disease may have a wide variety of symptoms but in the case of multiple sclerosis you might say there are quite many.

Some of the first and most apparent symptoms may be physical problems in the eyes. A person can experience blurred vision or even, as in some cases, dioplia ( double vision). Pain can also appear when moving an eye; some more acute symptoms will even involve the loss of vision in one eye. Other disorders in the field of vision may include moving or jumping of the image that the patient is currently viewing. One or more numerous floaters may also appear in one or both eyes of the person suspected to have multiple sclerosis.

The perception through touch, of the world around him, can also change. Different sensations of itching and burning may appear on different occasion and in different places on the person's body. The feeling of pins or needles being poked in to the skin may also be felt. Electric shocks may be felt by the patient on the neck and upper back areas. A state of general fatigue may sometimes install in the patient with numbness or tingling in the arms or legs. It is not unlikely for the patient to feel heavy or have the sensation of weakness in one arm or a leg. Loss of strength and coordination may be present at some time during the diseases development in the patient. Dizziness and vertigo are again very common symptoms. A more severe sign would be the tightness in the chest that the patient could be feeling.

The actions that the disease has on the body are actually very serious sometimes leading to limping n the legs or even, as in some severe cases, paralysis.

Involuntary reactions may appear in the patient like seizures, tremors and even spasticity.

Headaches, changes in behavior, depression and sexual difficulties might also be signs of multiple sclerosis in the patient.

Note to my editor: They’re sure to read it now…

I have noticed in a few comments scattered here and there a distaste for certain “language" in the MS community - a hesitation, if you will, to accept the common vernacular for the causes and effects of this thing we live with. I’m writing today not to apologize for the use of these words, but rather to explore why it may be that we are sensitive to them or sensitized by them.

I can understand why words like cripple or crippled would cut to the core of someone living with MS. I also see, however, that some of us refer to those “mountain climbing" with MS as the “Super Crips." I’ll admit I laughed kind of hard at that comment when it came through.

Some have even balked at living with the moniker, “disabled." Not sure if that is a defense technique that people employ or just taking political correctness to the far edge. My editor even mentioned to me that some of you don’t particularly like your MS deemed a “disease" but rather call it a “condition."

I’m sorry if it ruffles a few feathers, but I could really give a damn about that part of the conversation. On most days I’m a pragmatist, and I guess I don’t have time to think about it too much.

Now I know what you’re thinking…I’m the one who laid down the rule about being respectful. I would not use the most offensive of the debilitated lexicon, but I’m not going to tiptoe around on eggshells to make sure we offend no one, either. I live with MS too!

Someone even approached me over the weekend and said that she didn’t like the term, “live with MS." It made her, “Feel like that’s all I do, live with this thing." I assuredly never meant that phrase to mean anything but “getting on with a life with MS in it."

Goes to show that no matter what your intention, someone is going to have another use for the semantics to make them feel better. I’m okay with that. Just don’t expect it from me.

How do you feel about the language of multiple sclerosis? What about the language around MS? I remember a comment where someone told of their MS and got the reaction, “Oh, how terrible!" Or the girl told by her mother that she was just being, “lazy." Let’s head into the weekend with a thought or two from you about MS verbiage.
Wishing you and your family the best of health.

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