Identify Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis afflicts some 400,000  people in the United States and some 2.5 million people around the world. It is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that arises when the body’s immune system mistakenly targets the fatty substance that protects nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord.

 

Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men are, and they normally occur between the ages of 15 and 60. This guide will show you how to identify the tell-tale signs of the onset of multiple sclerosis:

 

1. Weakness and fatigue 

 Some 80% of people that develop MS develop unexplained muscle weaknesses. These usually start in their legs and then progress to other bodily areas. These weaknesses are also associated with chronic fatigue that lasts for weeks before improving.

2. Vision problems  

MS can cause the optic nerve to become inflamed, which results in deteriorating eyesight. If part of your field of vision is becoming blurry or you’ve been having episodes of double vision, you should definitely talk to your doctor.

3. Pain and muscle spasms 

People with MS also tend to develop relentless leg pain, stiff muscles and/or muscle spasms. Some 55% of all MS sufferers experience significant pain at some point during their illness, and pains and muscle spasms are more common in female MS sufferers.

4. Bladder problems

If you feel like you’re constantly running to the bathroom or are having difficulty getting there fast enough, it could be a sign of MS. Some tell-tale signs of MS can include frequent urination, strong urges to urinate and incontinence. Another potential symptom is bladder dysfunction.

5. Memory trouble 

 Due to its impact on the nervous system, cognitive problems can arise as a result of developing MS. These can be language or memory slip-ups, trouble keeping organized, or a shortening attention span. With that being said, only 5-10% of MS sufferers develop symptoms significant enough to have an impact on their daily lives.

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Two-year-old’s constant tiredness turned out to be a brain tumour

CANCER symptoms can be hard to detect, particularly because they are associated with signs of less serious conditions. One two-year-old was diagnosed with a brain tumour after experiencing sickness and constant tiredness. 

A child, who is now two years old, was diagnosed with a brain tumour at the age of 10 months, just a few days after Christmas 2016.

Mum , 22, had taken the baby six times to their local A&E department and to see GP within a four week period leading up to the diagnosis. The baby started with symptoms of sickness and constant tiredness which rapidly progressed into her losing the ability to crawl, sit up or even support her own head.

The mom explained what happened leading up to her daughter’s devastating diagnosis. She said: “The sixth time we arrived at our local A&E department a doctor checked the reflexes in her legs and suggested we get an ultrasound of her brain.

“This revealed ‘an abnormality’ and we were transferred by ambulance to the Children’s Hospital, who then rushed her for an MRI scan and told us the heart-breaking news the next morning that she had a brain tumour big enough to occupy one fifth of her skull.”

The baby's first surgery was on New Year’s Eve that year which was to help relieve pressure in her skull. Four days later she had further brain surgery to remove as much of the tumour as possible.

The mom said: “Sadly after 9 hours the Neurosurgeons could only manage to safely remove approximately half of the tumour. Two weeks after the surgery we were given the baby’s official Cancer diagnosis - she has a Grade 3 Anaplastic Posterior Fossa Ependymoma.”

The baby has since endured 12 months of chemotherapy, which the mom said has worked far better than her consultant had previously thought it would. In February this year she also had two further surgeries.

Unfortunately, the small remainder of the tumour is inoperable as it is in her brain stem.

The family have been on track the last two months for Proton Beam Therapy, which they were confident would be funded by the insurance. But the baby's most recent MRI scan has shown a previously unnoticed mass within her brain stem. This new discovery is part of the original tumour and not new growth, which means her tumour now exceeds the size requirements for the insurance funding by a few millimetres.

Lauren said: “We are now faced with the agonising choice of having to self fund life-saving Proton Beam Therapy which not currently available in the country, or give her conventional Photon Radiotherapy which we believe would cause more long term damage to her, as it also hits healthy brain tissue. This can be avoided with targeted Proton Beam Therapy.

“We never expected it to be cancer. We knew something serious was wrong with our daughter and that we needed answers but we still had hope that it wouldn’t be something so awful. It was a big shock to hear and a lot to take in but once we had an answer we were relieved that they would be able to treat her and do something to make her get better.

“She doesn’t understand the diagnosis at all, this is all she has known. She has spent more of her life in hospital than she has at home. She is developmentally delayed and still cannot walk or even stand unsupported, she can only say a few words but has good understanding when other people are talking to her.

“She has some hearing impairment due to the chemotherapy. For us we don’t have a normal family life, there are times when we are at hospital and times when we are at home, she can’t go out and do any of the things that other children her age would. She has no immune system so has to be kept away from large numbers of people, even a cold could leave her hospitalised for days.”

In a bid to get funding for the baby’s Proton Beam Therapy, the family have set up a Just Giving Page.So far, online, they gave raised £11,435. But the family have lots of fundraising events planned in person.

The symptoms of a brain tumour vary depending on the exact part of the brain affected.

According to the specialists, common symptoms include severe persistent headaches, seizures, persistent nausea, vomiting and drowsiness, and mental or behavioural changes, such as memory problems or changes in personality. 

Progressive weakness or paralysis on one side of the body and visit or speech problems can also be indicators.

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Two or more headaches in a week warrant a doctor's visit

It has come to light that people take the effects of headache very lightly.

According to a study by a primary-care physician , people's first instinct is to simply pop a paracetamol, drink water, and carry on with the day. 

However, the Dr. has urged people to be more wary of headaches as multiple headaches could be a sign of something far more serious than simply an exhausting or disturbing day.

The Dr. found that a shocking number of people tend to ignore their headaches, bear the pain and simply grin, despite knowing how debilitating it could be.

He urged people to pay closer attention as frequent headaches could indicate that an individual is suffering from conditions such as brain tumours or aneurysms.

The Dr. was quoted as saying, "You don't want people to overreact, but you also don't want them to under-react".

According to doctors, there are three common types of headaches- tension headaches, sinus headaches, and migraines.

Noting, how frequently a person tends to be struck down by a headache is another key. Frequency could also indicate the severity to seek medical advice.

The Dr. pointed that if a person has more than two headaches a week for longer than a fortnight, then it is of utmost importance to get checked by a doctor.

By analyzing and noting down the frequency of headaches, people might be able to pinpoint their triggers.

It could include things like specific food or drink, being on your period, an insufficient amount of sleep, insufficient water intake and such.

Also, pinpointing the exact point of origin of your headache could come in handy for the assessment.

The Dr. explained that tension headaches start at the back of your head and radiate up and over the crown.

Sinus headaches, according to him, usually affect the face around eyes. Addition of nausea and blind spots to a splitting headache attribute to migraines.

Other symptoms, such as nausea, numbness, and memory problems, which we often tend to ignore could point towards some serious underlying condition.

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Hyper-sensitive brain network responsible for chronic headaches

A new study has found that brain networks of patients with fibromyalgia primes for rapid and global, responses to minor changes. Fibromyalgia is a disorder characterised by widespread musculoskeletal pain accompanied by memory issues, sleep, fatigue, and memory issues.

It is believed that fibromyalgia amplifies painful sensations by affecting the way your brain processes pain signals. The new research states that hyper-reactive brain networks could play a part in the hypersensitivity of fibromyalgia.

This abnormal hyper-sensitivity of brain networks, called Explosive Synchronization (ES), can be observed in other network phenomena as well across nature.

The research details only the second study about ES in the human brain.Main researchers report the evidence of ES in the brains of people with fibromyalgia, a condition characterized by widespread chronic pain.An associate professor of anesthesiology was the senior co-author of the study.

He said, "For the first time, this research shows that the hypersensitivity experienced by chronic pain patients may result from hypersensitive brain networks. The subjects had conditions similar to other networks that undergo explosive synchronisation".It was found that in ES, a small stimulus can lead to a dramatic synchronised reaction in the network, as can happen with a power grid failure (that rapidly turns things off) or a seizure (that rapidly turns things on).

Until recently, this phenomenon was studied in physics rather than coming in focus in medicine.
Researchers claimed it as a promising avenue to explore in the continued quest to determine how fibromyalgia is developed in a person.The first author of research paper said, "As opposed to the normal process of gradually linking up different centers in the brain after a stimulus, chronic pain patients have conditions that predispose them to link up in an abrupt, explosive manner".

He added that these conditions were similar to other networks that undergo ES, including power grids."The research was conducted on ten female participants with fibromyalgia.

They recorded electrical activities in the brains which showed baseline EEG results indicating hyper-active and unstable brain networks, the author added.Notably, there was a strong correlation between the degree of ES conditions and the self-reported intensity of chronic pain reported by the patients at the time of EEG testing.

Computer models were then used to monitor brain activity to compare stimulus responses of fibromyalgia patients to the normal condition. As expected, the fibromyalgia model was more sensitive to electrical stimulation than the model without ES characteristics, he noted."We again see the chronic pain brain is electrically unstable and sensitive".

He added that this type of modeling could help guide future treatments for fibromyalgia."Since ES can be modeled essentially outside of the brain or in a computer, researchers could exhaustively test for influential regions that transform a hypersensitive network into a more stable one. These regions could then be targeted in living humans using noninvasive brain modulation therapies.

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6 things that happen when you don’t get enough sleep!

Your body can change drastically when you stop taking enough sleep at night 

 Sleeping is probably the best thing for some people, well, most of people precisely. But due to the hectic schedule and lifestyle, most of us are not able to get enough sleep at night. We don’t realize that when the sleep fails, all the other functions of our body stars declining. 

According to The Independent, here's what can happen when you're sleep deprived:

Your appearance can suffer

The Sun conducted an experiment where 18-year-old Chloe de Garis survived on just four hours' sleep for three nights. She ended up looking "quite ill," with bloodshot eyes and dark circles, a pale complexion and spots.

You can become more prone to disease

Long-term sleep deprivation can make you more prone to heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes, according to the NHS.

You can put on weight

Research shows that people who sleep for less than seven hours a night tend to gain more weight and have a higher risk of becoming obese.

This is believed to be because the sleep-deprived have lower levels of leptin, which is the chemical that makes you feel full, and increased levels of the hunger-stimulating hormone ghrelin.

It can affect your brain

We all know the familiar brain fog after a rough night's sleep, but long-term sleep deprivation can do damage, too. It can lead to depression and anxiety, according to the NHS - as well as bipolar disorder.

Humans voluntary suppress unwanted memories as part of a totally healthy process. Not doing this can lead to psychiatric disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder. Sleep is said to play a vital role in the process.

You can say goodbye to your sex drive

Research shows those who get less sleep have a lower sex drive, according to the NHS, so there's an incentive for an early lights-out.

Your memory is affected

Sleep optimises the process where we collect and sort new memories, remembering the important and discarding the useless.

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Identify Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis afflicts  some 2.5 million people around the world. It is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that arises when the body’s immune system mistakenly targets the fatty substance that protects nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord.

 

Women are twice as likely to be diagnosed as men are, and they normally occur between the ages of 15 and 60. This will show you how to identify the tell-tale signs of the onset of multiple sclerosis:

 

1. Weakness and fatigue

Some 80% of people that develop MS develop unexplained muscle weaknesses. These usually start in their legs and then progress to other bodily areas. These weaknesses are also associated with chronic fatigue that lasts for weeks before improving.

2. Vision problems

MS can cause the optic nerve to become inflamed, which results in deteriorating eyesight. If part of your field of vision is becoming blurry or you’ve been having episodes of double vision, you should definitely talk to your doctor. 

 

3. Pain and muscle spasms

People with MS also tend to develop relentless leg pain, stiff muscles and/or muscle spasms. Some 55% of all MS sufferers experience significant pain at some point during their illness, and pains and muscle spasms are more common in female MS sufferers.

4. Bladder problems

If you feel like you’re constantly running to the bathroom or are having difficulty getting there fast enough, it could be a sign of MS. Some tell-tale signs of MS can include frequent urination, strong urges to urinate and incontinence. Another potential symptom is bladder dysfunction.

 5. Memory trouble

Due to its impact on the nervous system, cognitive problems can arise as a result of developing MS. These can be language or memory slip-ups, trouble keeping organized, or a shortening attention span. With that being said, only 5-10% of MS sufferers develop symptoms significant enough to have an impact on their daily lives.

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