Taming Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis Blog

MS Sleep and One Natural Way Of Helping!

2011-11-29T14:50:00.000-08:00

Reducing MS sleep problems or MS insomnia is a must, when it comes to problems encountered with Multiple Sclerosis.

Here is a tip of a natural way that I found that can help you to go to sleep more easily at night.

For you who have trouble sleeping, I discovered a secret way that works!

It's called Lettuce Tea.

The chemicals in the lettuce contain such potent phytochemicals, that they are actually called "Lettuce Opium"

Lettuce tea has a calming effect on the nervous system.

To make Lettuce Tea, brew 4 leaves of lettuce, any type, in 1 cup water, strain and drink.

This works well enough that I went to sleep not long after drinking this and I slept well, even though there are times that going to sleep or sleeping well can sometimes be a problem for me because of the MS sleep and MS insomnia problems I can have all too often.

It helped even more when I had a double dose of lettuce tea.

Give it a try and let me know if it helps you too!

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MS Diet And Boosting Energy Levels Naturally

2011-11-27T11:56:00.000-08:00

MS Diet and Boosting Energy Levels

When it comes to MS diet changes, there are many things to choose from, depending on which symptom of Multiple Sclerosis you are dealing with.

But when it comes to increasing energy levels in Multiple Sclerosis, often the wrong types of food or beverages are consumed in an attempt to increase energy levels, which create more problems than they actually solve.

But this might be worth considering that clean water and fresh squeezed lemon is one of the most well tested energy boosters around.

Most people in America rely on caffeinated beverages like coffee to get aroused in the morning. These adrenal stimulants produce dirty energy in the form of blood sugar swings and oxidative stress. Water with lemon produces clean energy by hydrating and oxygenating the body to extraordinary energy and mental clarity.

To Learn more, click on the link: http://www.naturalnews.com/034249_lemon_juice_energy.html#ixzz1ewAulwxo

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RoboLegs Developed for Stroke Patients Can Be Used for MS Therapy for Learning to Walk Again

2011-11-10T12:54:00.001-08:00

Dutch scientists make 'RoboLegs' for stroke patients, which can also be used for MS therapy to help people with Multiple Sclerosis learn to walk again.

Scientists in the Netherlands are using robotic legs to try to improve the movement of stroke patients, which could also be used for helping Multiple Sclerosis patients learn to walk again.

The prototype device is called the Lower-extremity Powered ExoSkeleton, or LOPES, and works by training the body and mind of a patient to recover a more natural step.

The machine is also being tested on spinal injury patients who have recovered some restricted movement in their legs.

It is hoped a commercial version could be made available to rehabilitation centres around the world as early as next year.

This information was posted on September 23, 2011.

Click on the link to read more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14823404

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Study Reveals MS Vitamin for reducing attacks in Multiple Sclerosis

2011-10-03T14:49:00.000-07:00

This MS vitamin sounds promising, according to a more recent study, for helping to reduce attacks in Multiple Sclerosis.

Glucosamine-Like SupplementSuppresses Multiple Sclerosis Attacks, Study Suggests

ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2011) — Aglucosamine-like dietary supplement suppresses the damaging autoimmune responseseen in multiple sclerosis, according to a UC Irvine study.

UCI's Dr. Michael Demetriou, Ani Grigorian andothers found that oral N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), which is similar to butmore effective than the widely available glucosamine, inhibited the growth andfunction of abnormal T-cells that in MS incorrectly direct the immune system toattack and break down central nervous system tissue that insulates nerves.

Study results appear online in the Journal ofBiological Chemistry.

Earlier this year, Demetriou and colleaguesdiscovered that environmental and inherited risk factors associated with MS --previously poorly understood and not known to be connected -- converge toaffect how specific sugars are added to proteins regulating the disease.

"This sugar-based supplement corrects agenetic defect that induces cells to attack the body in MS," saidDemetriou, associate professor of neurology and microbiology & moleculargenetics, "making metabolic therapy a rational approach that differssignificantly from currently available treatments."

Virtually all proteins on the surface of cells,including immune cells such as T-cells, are modified by complex sugar moleculesof variable sizes and composition. Recent studies have linked changes in thesesugars to T-cell hyperactivity and autoimmune disease.

In mouse models of MS-like autoimmune disease,Demetriou and his team found that GlcNAc given orally to those with leg weaknesssuppressed T-cell hyperactivity and autoimmune response by increasing sugarmodifications to the T-cell proteins, thereby reversing the progression toparalysis.

The study comes on the heels of others showing thepotential of GlcNAc in humans. One reported that eight of 12 children withtreatment-resistant autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease improvedsignificantly after two years of GlcNAc therapy. No serious adverse sideeffects were noted.

"Together, thesefindings identify metabolic therapy using dietary supplements such as GlcNAc asa possible treatment for autoimmune diseases," said Demetriou, associatedirector of UCI's Multiple Sclerosis Research Center. "Excitement aboutthis strategy stems from the novel mechanism for affecting T-cell function andautoimmunity -- the targeting of a molecular defect promoting disease -- andits availability and simplicity."

He cautioned that more human studies are requiredto assess the full potential of the approach. GlcNAc supplements are availableover the counter and differ from commercially popular glucosamine. People whopurchase GlcNAc should consult with their doctors before use.

Lindsey Araujo and Dylan Place of UCI and Nandita N. Naiduand Biswa Choudhury of UC San Diego alsoparticipated in the research, which was funded by the National Institutes ofHealth and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

If all goes well, time with tell if this turns out to be something that can help more people with Multiple Sclerosis for reducing the number and frequency of attacks, but this may still be worth considering at a future date.

MS Circulation Problems Resulting from a Fall

2011-10-02T22:07:00.000-07:00

When it comes to MS circulation problems, there can be more than one cause to blocked blood flow in Multiple Sclerosis.

One of the problems that may be causing blocked blood flow or poor circulation in the veins, can include a condition called Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency or CCSVI for short.

Initially, it appears that CCSVI appears to be present in approximately 50% of patients diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis around the world, but these are based on the results of the initial conclusions from the studies, which were done with MS patients, in Buffalo, NY and with other studies done so far in other countries around the world.

This statistic may change as further data is being collected to determine what may be causing the CCSVI condition and to determine where to go from here, when it comes to the process needed to be done to correct these blood flow blockages, along with the possible complications and ways to avoid them for what could be associated with the process.

CCSVi is only one of the considerations when it comes to MS circulation problems.

Other blood circulation problems for Multiple Sclerosis patients can result from a partial or total loss of the abilities to stand, balance or walk for any length of time.

One such problem can result from the inability to walk or stand much at all for a longer period of time.

This can result in reduced blood flow to the legs, which can result in:

* possible skin break down on the legs

* edema or swelling of the legs from fluid pooling in the legs

* reduced flexibility of veins in legs, ankles and feet

* reflux or poor function of the valves in the veins in the legs, especially behind the knees, lower legs and ankle regions

* blood clots can form from in the legs, ankles or feet from the inactivity

The other concern when there is reduced ability to stand, balance or walk is the possible problems that can result frequent falls from loss of balance or from knees collapsing from reduced function of the nerves in the legs, knees, ankles or feet.

Falling and landing on things, like tables and chairs, or even the floor or the ground can result in damage to the veins and reduced blood flow or even cause a more severe trauma that reduces greatly the blood flow to the muscles or nerves or can also result in blood clots forming.

Any type of reduced blood flow to the nerves in the legs, ankles or feet can result in neuropathy or nerve damage, which can be mistaken for a nerve function problem, when it is really based on a blood flow problem.

Reducing the blood flow to the nerves or the muscles can reduce the abilities of these parts of the body to function as they should.

If you are curious or want to cover the bases on determining why you have neuropathy in your legs and/or feet or if you have a reduced ability to stand or walk, or you are unable to walk, it might be worth being evaluated by your vascular doctor, especially if you have fallen at all.

Depending on the damage to the veins, or if there are blockages present in the larger veins, angioplasty can be done to open up the blood flow, supplying blood to the legs, ankles and feet.

It might be worth considering, but discuss this with your vascular doctor and/or maybe even your neurologist, in case there is something else that needs to be done to help you to regain more of your abilities to stand or even walk.

Considering these type of things is all part of the process in determining what may be able to help you when it comes to MS circulation problems, compared to MS nerve function problems.

Not all nerve function problems are related to circulation problems, but when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis, determining what is going on with each separate case of MS is half the challenge in finding ways to help you to regain more of your abilities to function again.

If you have found this information helpful or if you have anything else you would like to say related to this topic, please leave us your comments.

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MS and Teeth Infections from Having A Root Canal

2011-08-23T07:43:00.000-07:00

When it comes to MS and teeth problems, there is this disturbing trend that root canals done are all too often done improperly or not completed entirely.

Not cleaning out the root of the tooth entirely can contribute to the build up of pockets of bacterial infections in the teeth.

As a result, this can contribute to chronic health conditions, like Multiple Sclerosis, so says Bernie from DAMS International.

According to Bernie, when a root canal is done and the cavitations, or the holes left where the root of the tooth has been removed, are not cleaned out properly or if the root canal fails, this can cause anaerobic bacteria to accumulate in the tooth over time.

Tooth extraction sites can often also fail to completely heal due to failure to properly clean out the socket.

This type of problem is unfortunately more extremely common, than was thought previously.

The resulting accumulation of bacteria in the tooth can be a major factor in chronic health conditions, including cancer and degenerative neurological conditions, like Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's, etc.

Mercury from mercury-containing silver amalgam fillings can also be a source of MS and teeth problems, since the silver colored amalgam fillings each contain approximately 50% of mercury in its composition.

When there are mercury containing silver colored amalgam fillings in the mouth, chewing can release the mercury, which can often result in higher levels of mercury in the saliva, in the blood or the mercury level can build up in the bone, nerves, hair and nails.

Mercury in higher concentrations in the blood can result in attacks on the nerves through out the nervous system and contribute to nerve dysfunction, similar to that of Multiple Sclerosis.

Both failed root canals or improperly done root canals, and the bacterial build up in the root canal tooth are more likely sources that can contribute to symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, as is the presence of mercury in mercury containing silver amalgam fillings.

I found this information to be worth considering to have these problems taken care of correctly to help resolve possible causes that may be contributing to chronic conditions, such as Multiple Sclerosis.

To read the full article, go to www.flcv.com/damspr11.html

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Understanding What to Look for with MS Cooling Vest or Multiple Sclerosis Cooling Vest

2011-08-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

When it comes to purchasing a MS cooling vest or Multiple Sclerosis cooling vest, what do you need to keep in mind for finding one that works for you?

Not all cooling vests work for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

There are many different cooling products available and the best one for you depends on your personal situation, activity and environment.

The main types of cooling systems are listed below, along with their advantages and limitations and on whether they can help you find relief when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis heat related problems.

* Evaporative Cooling Vest

Key Advantages: Light weight, low cost, excellent cooling in dry climates, cools for many hours

Key Limitations: Requires soaking the garment in water, poor performance in high humidity climates, lowest overall cooling energy.

NOT EFFECTIVE FOR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS!

* Cold Pack Cooling Vest

Key Advantage: Very high cooling energy for moderate cost, light to moderate weight, effective cooling in all climates, cools for up to 4 hours depending on environmental conditions, may be used under clothing.

Key Limitations: Requires access to a freezer and time for the packs to freeze

Helpful for Multiple Sclerosis, but requires longer time to freeze the ice packs and doesn't stay as cold as long as the phase change, since the water in the ice packs thaws out faster than the phase change ice packs, but this will work for MS cooling if you can't afford to buy the cooling vest with the phase change ice packs.

* Phase Change Cooling Packs cooling vest

Key Advantage: Controlled release of a constant temperature of 58 degrees F or 14 degrees C, packs may be recharged in ice water, no freezer required, effective cooling in all climates, but the ice packs do freeze faster and stay colder longer if placed in a freezer or a cooler with ice water in it. Can be re-cooled much quicker than water ice packs and stays colder for a longer period of time. Cools for up to 3 hours.

Key Limitations: Weight a bit higher and cost higher, than water ice packs, but is colder for longer and easier to get ice packs cold again, once they thaw out than with water ice packs.

Some health insurances will cover purchasing this type of cooling vest, but often you have to purchase the cooling vests with the ice packs first and then provide the needed documentation, with the help of your doctor, to your health insurance to justify the purchase to them so that your health insurance can reimburse you for the purchase if the cooling vest.

* Active Cooling cooling vest

Key Advantage: Most effective deep cooling, adjustable cooling, light weight vest and provides extended cooling between reservoir charges. The system will provide many hours of cooling before the ice and water needs to be recharged.

Key Limitations: High cost, tethered system that requires power and an ice water reservoir.

This type of vest makes it so that you can't move around from one location to another, since you need to plug into a power source and carrying around the reservoir makes it less useful. The other problem is that you need to periodically add more ice to the reservoir for the cooling vest to keep you cool.

This type of cooling vest will work for MS cooling, but the price is so high that most health insurances won't cover the cost of purchasing this type of cooling vest.

When it comes to purchasing a MS cooling vest or Multiple Sclerosis cooling vest, search around online first to see what is out there, and then call and ask questions to find something that will work for you.

Cooling vests for Multiple Sclerosis are effective ways to cool off and beat the heat with Multiple Sclerosis to help you to function better, in spite of the heat, but even if you are wearing a MS cooling vest, be sure to drink plenty of water and stay hydrated, since if you do not drink enough water, you can still have a problem with feeling dizzy, nauseous or feel like passing out from you getting too dehydrated.

Wearing a cooling vest doesn't mean that you still shouldn't drink cold water, during hot weather.

Click on the link if you would like more information about natural ways that we have found to help calm down more of the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis -- MS natural

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MS Cooling: Tips for Beating the Heat!

2011-07-16T18:52:00.000-07:00

Hot weather can be unbearable for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Finding ways for MS cooling is vital for reducing the effects of heat on aggravating your symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Overheating with Multiple Sclerosis can make you feel like any of the following:

* lightheadedness or dizziness

* nauseousness or throwing up, when more severely overheated.

* trouble catching your breath

* fainting spells

* trouble cooling off

Overheating can aggravate MS symptoms including:

* nerve pain

* numbness

* reduce balance or abilities to stand and/or walk

* increase fatigue

* increase vision problems

* increase number of infections, with increasing running fevers

* increase possibility of MS attacks or relapses

What can help you with cooling off with Multiple Sclerosis, when the weather gets too hot for you to handle it?

Click on the link to read more -- MS cooling

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MS and Coffee or Multiple Sclerosis and Coffee

2011-06-13T12:19:00.000-07:00

Is MS and coffee or Multiple Sclerosis and coffee drinking a good idea?

After you have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, could drinking coffee or eating foods containing coffee, as an ingredient, cause problems with aggravating the symptoms of MS?

There are pros and cons, when it comes to drinking coffee or eating foods that contain coffee, as an ingredient, after you have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Not all caffeine is the same. Coffee metabolizes differently, than the caffeine in chocolate or tea or other foods or drink, but there are a few things that drinking coffee can aggravate, when it comes to also having Multiple Sclerosis.

Drinking coffee or eating other foods that contain coffee can cause some MS symptoms to become worse, especially if coffee is something that you drink most days of the week.

Click on the link to read more -- MS and coffee

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MS News and MS CCSVI What Next?

2011-05-16T01:59:00.000-07:00

At this point, there is still much talk about the MS news or MS CCSVI connection.

The initial study of Dr. Paolo Zamboni, released the results of a 2 year study in 2009, which suggested that there may be a link between MS and CCSVI, a condition where there are blockages in the veins of the neck or the upper chest, which prevent the blood draining away from the brain in people, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Zamboni's initial study, in combination with the results from the Buffalo, NY study of 2010 of MS patients revealed that people, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, have a much higher incident rate for the presence of CCSVI, than people who weren't diagnosed with MS.

How does any of this apply to you, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

Does this idea about the potential MS CCSVI link apply to the majority of people, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

According to the MS CCSVI study performed in Buffalo, NY in 2010, there appears 50% of the people with MS in the study appeared to have the condition of CCSVI.

But further studies need to be done to confirm these preliminary findings, in the exploration into the theory of the possible link between MS and CCSVI.

Click on the link to read more -- MS news

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Reversing Multiple Sclerosis Neuropathy or MS Nerve Damage Using Vitamin B12?

2011-05-01T10:25:00.000-07:00

When it comes to Multiple Sclerosis neuropathy or MS nerve damage
is there anything natural or alternative that can help to reverse the
damage to the nerves, or at least reduce the problems with the
nerves functioning?

That is one of the big questions, when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis.

I have been searching for something myself, when it comes to
reversing or at least reducing the peripheral neuropathy or nerve
damage or nerve function problems, which my doctor has told
me for several years that I have had a major problem with,
since I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

I am excited to say that I think I found something that is
helping to reduce the nerve function problems in my legs,
feet, hands, and arms in many ways.

What is it that can help??

Vitamin B12 is a natural way to help repair nerve damage...at least
that is what information I found, while doing my own research for me.

I am so excited to let you know about what I am finding
that taking extra of vitamin B12 is helping with, when it
comes to Multiple Sclerosis neuropathy or MS nerve damage.

I'm not totally sure that taking the higher doses of B12 will reverse
the nerve damage totally or the peripheral neuropathy, just yet, since
I have only been taking extra vitamin B12 myself for 2 weeks, but
since I started taking the extra B12, I have already found that my
legs and feet and hands are functioning so much
better than they have for years.

If you are at least curious as to how I have found that taking
the extra B12 is helping me with nerve function, then...

Click on either link to find out more -- Multiple Sclerosis neuropathy or MS nerve damage

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B12 and MS: What form of B12 Helps Reverse MS Nerve Damage?

2011-04-25T15:29:00.000-07:00

When it comes to B12 and MS, can taking B12 help to reduce or even reverse MS nerve damage?

I am so excited to tell you about what I am finding with taking higher doses of vitamin B12, how it is helping with reducing, or maybe even reversing MS nerve damage and increasing how well my nerves are functioning with Multiple Sclerosis.

I have had several problems with my nerves not functioning as they should because of the more severe effects of Multiple Sclerosis attacks on my body, which taking the higher dosage of vitamin B12 has been helping to reduce.

Taking a higher dose of vitamin B12 has been helping in several ways, but taking the B12 only helps if you take it in certain forms and in combination with B complex.

Click on the link to read more -- B12 and MS

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MS CCSVI: Dr. Hubbard connects Multiple Sclerosis to CCSVI theory

2010-12-05T22:08:00.000-08:00

Check out this video about a neurologist's point of view of Multiple Sclerosis and MS CCSVI, after his son is diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

This video discusses another way of doing a "study" for people, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in connecton with the blood flow blockages to the veins in the the neck or the upper chest that has been called chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency or CCSVI.

This video discusses another way to classify studies for MS and CCSVI, as data collection, that focuses more on the venous insufficiency rather than the Multiple Sclerosis.

This way of viewing the blood flow blockages appears to allow for legitimate funding for the study, that is being done, while making it possible for more of the costs of testing and having the procedure done to open up blood flow blockages to be covered by insurance, rather than making it so the the MS patients have to cover the cost of the testing and the procedure.

This is the first study that is being conducted in this way with MS patients and the venous blood flow blockages, but there is the potential for this type of study to become a way of doing more studies throughout the USA, making it possible for doctors to collect more data, scientifically, while allowing MS patients to be able to be tested and evaluated for CCSVI, as well as actually having the procedure done too.

Click on the link below to watch the video for more details.

http://www.komonews.com/home/video/106175483.html?tab=video

Interesting, but only available in San Diego, CA area at this point.

Have you heard about this, yet?

Please leave your comments, as to what you think about this video or if you know anything else about this.

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Multiple Sclerosis Bladder Control Problems and MS Bladder Infections

2010-11-07T01:21:00.001-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis bladder control problems and MS bladder infections can create many problems for people, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

MS bladder control problems can include:

* Bladder Not Draining

* Bladder Leaking

* Night time Incontinence

* Stress Incontinence

* More Frequent Bladder Infections

There are alternative and natural ways to help combat bladder infections with MS.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis bladder

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MS Sleep Apnea Pillow To Aid With Full Face CPAP Mask

2010-10-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

The MS sleep apnea combination and the use of a continuous positive airway pressue or CPAP mask can take some getting used to.

Although there are many different kinds of CPAP masks and machines on the market, there are 2 main types of CPAP masks.

One covers just the nose and uses a chin strap to keep the mouth closed, so that the person wearing the mask breathes through their mouth, while they sleep.

The second kind covers both the mouth and the nose, so that if the mouth is kept open while you sleep, the CPAP mask still works at helping to keep the airway open, while the person sleeps.

The CPAP mask that cover just the nose is typically tried first, by the sleep clinics to see if it is helpful to the wearer of the mask, but the problem is that if the mouth is not kept closed while you are sleeping, then the CPAP mask is not effective in keeping the airway open during sleep.

The CPAP mask that covers both the nose and the mouth is used for people who sleep with their mouth open while they sleep or for people with allergies, which cause sinus congestion, which can restrict the person from breathing through their nose only while they sleep.

The nose only CPAP mask is easier to keep sealed while moving around while you sleep, especially if you move around while you sleep.

The nose and mouth CPAP mask doesn't seal very well, if you move around more when you sleep.

Because I tend to get more violent leg spasm, because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis, whenever I try to roll over when I am sleeping, I have trained myself not to roll over while I sleep.

Adding teh MS sleep apnea combo, and sleeping with the sleep apnea mask and machine, and getting comfortable, while you are sleeping becomes even more of a challenge

In spite of the fact that I don't roll over in my sleep, I do tend to move my head from side to side, while I am sleeping.

If you tend to sleep on your side or if you tend to move your head from side to side, while you are sleeping, this can shift the full face mask enough that the mask doesn't seal as it should, or it can blow air in your eyes, which can wake you up many times a night.

There are adjustable straps on the CPAP masks to loosen or tighten to make a better seal with the mask to prevent major leaking to help the mask work better.

One of the problems you can have with tightening the straps is if you make them too tight so that you either get frequent headaches in the morning or you end up with marks on your face from the mask being too tight.

One of the things that I have found, that helps, if you were a full face CPAP mask (the mask that covers the nose and mouth) is to use a CPAP neck pillow.

The neck support CPAP pillow, that I found that works very well at supporting the neck and allowing moving your head from side to side or for sleeping on your side when you sleep with a full face CPAP mask was one I found online.

Once you go to the website for the CPAP neck pillow, scroll to the right of the screen.

If you are interested in finding out more about the CPAP neck pillow or where to purchase one for yourself that I found that works --

Click on the link -- sleep apnea CPAP neck pillow

If sealing the CPAP mask becomes more of a challenge, as far as keeping the positive pressure air from blowing into your eyes, there is a small additional comfort piece of soft plastic or rubber that can be purchased to help reduce this problem.

To find out more about this or to purchase one for yourself --

Click on the link -- CPAP comfort Pad

Click on the link to find out more about -- MS sleep apnea

Note: I do not gain anything from you going to or purchasing from these sites, I merely want to help you who have MS sleep apnea to find ways to reduce the problems, which tend to accompany wearing a CPAP mask, for alleviating the problems often associated with sleep apnea.

If you have found this information to be helpful or if you would like to add anything else, please leave us your comments.

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Reducing Multiple Sclerosis Infections Using MS Diet Changes?

2010-09-25T22:25:00.000-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis is known for weakening the immune system, but can using MS diet changes help to greatly reduce the infections, the majority of Multiple Sclerosis patients tend to struggle with?

Alkalizing the pH of the body can help in a big way for reducing the severity and frequency of the majority of infections when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis.

To read more click on the link -- MS diet

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We are here to help you to find out more about MS and to help you find ways for you to find relief to the effects of Multiple Sclerosis!

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Reducing Spasticy Multiple Sclerosis Can Include As MS Symptom

2010-09-05T00:14:00.000-07:00

Spasticity Multiple Sclerosis patients tend to experience can include what is called spasms, tremors, twitching, or tics.

But what is Multiple Sclerosis Spasticity or MS Tremors, MS Spasms or
MS Twitching anyway?

Spasms, tremors, twitching or tics are different names for the uncontrollable movement of the arms, legs, hands or feet, which are often a big problem for the majority of people, who are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis each year, in many different countries around the world.

Twitching, spasms or tremors are like a knee jerk reaction, when the doctor hits your knee with a small hammer to test your reflexes, but in the majority of the cases of Multiple Sclerosis the spasticity is more out of control and more random and can occur too frequently.

Spasticity Multiple Sclerosis patients may experience can be mild to severe and can be more frequent or only occur every so often.

The spasticity can be so severe that it can almost throw you on the floor when it happens, if you don't hang on to something.

What can help to reduce the spasticity MS patients can experience?

Click on the link to read more -- spasticity Multiple Sclerosis

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Dirty Electricity or Electromagnetic Radiation Causes Multiple Sclerosis?

2010-08-17T13:50:00.000-07:00

When it comes to what causes Multiple Sclerosis, there is much
speculation, as to its causes.

But, when it comes to studies and researches over the last
several years into the effects of electrical disturbances and
the effects of dirty electricity on Multiple Sclerosis there
are a few reports, which actually appear to verify their
more drastic effects on causing the symptoms of
Multiple Sclerosis to become much worse.

Click on the link below to find out more about how
dirty electricity and other electromagnetic
frequencies can affect Multiple Sclerosis
or be some of the sources for what causes Multiple Sclerosis

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Please leave us your comments, questions or concerns.

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MS Grief and MS Stress, After the Loss of A Loved One

2010-08-08T16:32:00.000-07:00

When it comes to MS grief, the death of a loved one, relative or even close friend can be very traumatic.

After the initial shock has set in...now what?

Often the death of a relative or someone, who you live with, can mean drastic changes in your living arrangements or in how you are going to survive after the traumatic event itself.

It is tough enough dealing with the stress that the death of a loved one, relative or someone, whom we were close to, can bring but other stresses can also present themselves by the worry and stress that may also follow by you having to move or having to change drastically what you are able to physically do from day to day, which can increase the stress and its effects on actually setting you up for more MS attacks, excitations or relapses.

Stress along can aggravate or even cause more MS attacks or relapses to appear, which can set back your recovery from previous relapses, but to have too many of the typical stressors that can enter our lives to occur way too closes together...

...this can even be more than your body can handle all at once when Multiple Sclerosis is present.

But what can you do to reduce the internal and external stress that you feel, if this is happening to you?

The following tips can help you to minimize the stress and survive the tougher times in life that are closer to a traumatic experience, like the death of a loved one, a relative or close friend.

Tips on surviving MS grief and the stress of your life changing after the death of a loved one can include:

* Admit it yourself and maybe even others around you that you don't like the changes going on in your life, while it happening.

All too often we can either deny how we feel or act like we have to be strong and just accept it.

Just because things sometimes happen to us, which are out of our control, doesn't mean that we have to like it.

* Do what you feel that you need to do for you to get through it all.

Sometimes we need to sort through physical objects or things that belonged to the person that died and that can be a tough job.

This is especially harder to do, if you have a shorter period of time or a deadline that you need to meet by when you need to be done doing this.

But sometimes, just getting it done and working through the grief later can cause us to stress out much less than if we think about every little thing as we have to do it.

* Allow yourself to grieve, when the stress starts to build up to be too much for you to handle.

Crying is a good outlet of our emotions, when the stress becomes too much for us to handle.

Allow yourself some time to think through things...as in re-evaluate where you need to or want to go from here.

The death of someone close to us can make us re-evaluate our lives.

That isn't necessarily a bad thing, but we need to figure out what is really important to us in our lives.

Death has a way of helping to clarify what is important to us in our lives.

* Find a support network, support group or other friends that you can talk to about the feelings that you are going through, who will be supportive and let you "talk it out".

Find an MS support group or a grief counselling group to help you to work through the MS grief.

* Do what you can to help improve your situation in some way.

Sometimes this is easier said than done, but doing something, even if it seems small can help to relieve the internal stress or even the external stress that you are feeling, while going through moving or changing something in your daily life, after the death of a loved one, relative or close friend.

Clean if you need to.

Sort through things if you need to.

Throw things out or give things away if you need to.

Prepare to move if you need to.

Do whatever you need to do for you to get more order back in your life.

* Be thankful for who is still in your life, who is supporting you and helping you through this stressful time for you.

Sometimes, it helps to change your perspective, when you make an effort to be thankful for those who help you through the trying and stressful times in your life.

It may seem difficult at first to be thankful, when you are going through MS grief, but the attitude of gratitude can make all of the difference in you making through the stress, without you suffering more major MS attacks or relapses.

* Don't sit and drive yourself crazy over analyzing things or thinking through things over and over without doing something.

It's okay to think about things...we all need to do this from time to time in our lives, but don't set yourself up for major depression to set in by driving yourself crazy about everything that is stressing you out.

I'm not suggesting not to grieve, for it's part of the healing process, but allowing yourself to focus on becoming upset about everything that is changing in your life after the death of a loved one, relative or close friend will just set you up for more MS relapses or attacks to occur.

When you internalize the stress rather than finding ways to work through it and find ways to go on living life again, this increases the adverse effects on your body by causing your nervous system to short circuit even more than the Multiple Sclerosis can cause by itself.

I'm not suggesting that you forget the person that has died, but to the contrary...

...for the sake of the person that you were close to, who has died, find a way to go on living as a tribute to how much they loved you and how much you loved them.

Your mind has a strong connection to your physical body.

You can use your thoughts and/or your emotions to help guard your body from more harm, because of the effects of MS grief on your body, or you can use focus your thoughts and your feelings for a prolonged period of time in a negative way, which can greatly impact how severe the MS relapses and attacks can become.

We would love to hear what you think!

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Coping With MS Grief, and Stress After Death of Loved One

2010-07-08T10:14:00.000-07:00

The added stress from the death of a loved one is tough enough to deal with, when you don't have Multiple Sclerosis added to the mix, but when it comes to MS grief it is so much tougher on your body, since the added stress can cause much more severe MS attacks, if you don't find a way to cope with it.

That means that it is so much more important for you to allow yourself to grieve for a period of time, since that is definitely a needed thing, but then you have to find ways to cope with the grief and the added stressors, to allow yourself to heal from the inside out -- including body, mind, soul, and spirit.

That is one of the things that need to be kept in mind that you allow yourself to heal and grieve as is needed to prevent bottling up your emotions and all of the stress that you feel on the inside.

Because if you do bottle it all up inside, this will make you become much sicker because of the way that Multiple Sclerosis and the effects of stress over stimulate the nervous system and actually cause the nervous system to short circuit.

Death is a part of the circle of life, but the added stress experienced after the death of a loved one is even worse for people, who are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

If you don't find a way to deal with the stress, the added stress can set you up for a more severe MS attacks.

MS grief can aggravate the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis and cause them to become much worse.

But what can help with reducing the effects of grief on Multiple Sclerosis, when there is a death in your family or of someone that you were close to emotionally?
Even though there is no easy answer for this one, don't despair about you being able to work through the grief and cope with it for you.

Facing working through grief is something that all of us have to deal with in life, whether we have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis or not, after all death is part of the cycle of life.

There is a time to be born, a time to live and a time to die.

It's part of being human.

It's just that when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis, it's much more vital that you find ways to work through the grieving period without it impacting the Multiple Sclerosis in a way that can set you up for more severe MS attacks or relapses.

Although there is no "one size fits all" answer for dealing with grief, I do think that the tips listed below can help to some degree.

For tips on coping with the stress that grief can cause, which can aggravate MS attacks, if left uncheck...

Click on the link to read more -- MS grief

Leave us your comments, if you found this post helpful or if you would like to add more to the topic of discussion. We would love to hear from you.

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Tips For MS Cooling and Beating Effects of Heat on MS Symptoms

2010-07-06T12:07:00.000-07:00

When it comes to MS cooling and the effects of heat on aggravating the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, hot weather can become unbearable or even down right dangerous for those of us diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Finding ways to reduce how overheated you can become with Multiple Sclerosis is vital for reducing the MS symptoms that are aggravated by the effects of heat on your nervous system.

But what can help you with cooling off?

Well...I myself have also been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and when a heat wave strikes (where the temperature outside soars to above 90 degrees Fahrenheit or above 32 degrees Celsius for at least 3 days in a row) --

...then it is very difficult for me too to cool off to reduce the problems that do tend to occur from the effects of heat on aggravating the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

If you don't have a pool or can't get in a pool or you can't drive or for some other reason you can't find something to help you with finding relief to the heat, then what can you do?

What can help you with cooling off with Multiple Sclerosis, when the weather gets too hot for you to handle it?

Click on the link to read more -- MS cooling

If you have found this blog post to be helpful to you, or if you have anything else you would like to add, please leave us you comments, since we would love to hear from you!

Remember -- KEEP COOL, my friends!

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What Is MS and How Does CCSVI Blockages Relate to MS?

2010-06-07T22:09:00.000-07:00

What is MS or what is Multiple Sclerosis?

This question is often one of the first questions that is asked, after someone is newly diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Currently, Multiple Sclerosis or MS is still classified as an autoimmune disorder, where the body becomes confused and attacks itself, as if it is a foreign invader, that it needs to protect itself from.

Multiple Sclerosis is known for attacking the nervous system, especially the spinal cord and/or the brain, which often results in scarring that interferes with the nerves being able to function as they should.

But there was a recent breakthrough discovery announced towards the end of 2009, where Dr. Paolo Zamboni of Ferrara, Italy announced his findings of 2 year study that was conducted with 120 MS patients in Ferraro, Italy.

Dr. Paolo Zamboni, a vascular surgeon, conducted a study, in conjunction with a neurologist, where 120 MS patients were evaluated and found to have at least partial blockages to the veins, which drain the blood away from away from the brain.

Dr. Zamboni's results and conclusions from the study brought up the idea that MS may include a problem with a blockage to the blood flow away from the brain, through partially blocked veins in the neck (jugular veins) or addition veins near the shoulder blades and arm pit regions, which help to drain the blood away from the veins on the side of the neck.

Dr. Paolo Zamboni found that the majority of patients in the 2 year study had blockages of veins in the neck (one or both of the jugular veins, as well as veins that help the jugular veins to drain), which restricted blood flow from leaving the brain as it should.

This resulted in high iron levels in the brains of most of the MS patients and could possibly be contributing to the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, which the patients were experiencing.

Dr. Zamboni developed a surgical procedure he called chronic cerebral venous insufficiency or CCSVI, where a thin a catheter was inserted in the blocked veins and after the restriction was removed, the majority of the MS patients that under went the surgical procedure showed improvement.

Other studies have been done in the USA and a few other countries around the world to try to duplicate what Dr. Zamboni did with the patients in his study, but a much lower percentage of patients in the USA were shown to have the blockages. Not all of the MS patients, who underwent the same type of procedure as the patients in Dr. Zamboni's study, showed such remarkable improvements or results at such a high percentage., as the MS patients did, who were in Dr. Paolo Zamboni's study group.

In spite of all of the skepticism that resulted after further studies were performed in the USA and in other countries, which had mixed results that were not easy to draw good conclusions from, the CCSVI surgery seems to have many of the patients, who were found to have the restricted blood flow, who underwent the surgery, similar to the procedure that Dr. Zamboni developed for MS patients, have experienced some improvements in their MS symptoms from removing the restriction to the blood flow leaving the brain.

When it comes down to the studies that were done on MS patients in the USA and the other studies that were done in other countries around the world there are 2 things that should be noted about all of this.

First of all, the overall medical community has not fully accepted Dr. Zamboni's findings or conclusions, based on the results of the MS patients that were in the 2 year study that was conducted in Ferrara, Italy.

Especially when it comes to the majority of doctors in the USA. This breakthrough in MS research hasn't changed the definition as to what medical doctors overall are defining the answer to the question "What is MS?"

Medical doctors, generally in the USA, think of Dr. Zamboni's findings as being very speculative, at best and not proven by rigorous medical standards of double blind placebo studies and the like.

Secondly, the results and conclusions, which Dr. Zamboni received with the study that he participated in with 120 MS patients had an very high percentage of MS patients who had the blockages to blood flow present and had the CCSVI procedure done,

were not able to be duplicated with similar results for the same kind of percentage results of the number MS patients that were found to have the blockages, compared to those who did not have the blockages and with the same or similar percentages of the number of MS patients that under went the procedure that had positive results from having the CCSVI procedure done that helped to reduce their MS symptoms and

But there are doctors scattered about in the USA, who will at least work with you to help evaluate you to help you to find out if you do have the blockages that Dr. Zamboni found in the majority of the patients of the 120 MS patients, that were in the Ferraro, Italy study.

After keeping up on the continuing developments of Dr. Zamboni's continuing work, I think that the blockages that he found in MS patients are at least a consideration for each of us, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, depending on our symptoms of Ms.

Since I was having big problems with passing out or fainting spells, my doctors thought that it was a good idea for me to be evaluated, since this could have been a potential explanation for me passing out so frequently over a period of more than 2 years.

But it was found, after running ultra sound tests, that I didn't appear to have any of the type of blockages that Dr. Zamboni saw in the study he was involved in.

So it still stands, when you ask a doctor "What is MS", that the prevailing theory still is that Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, which appears to be even more of a mystery to doctors across the board.

Multiple Sclerosis attacks the nerves through out the nervous system, as well as the membranes that line certain parts of the body, like the membrane called the Blood Brain Barrier, which surrounds and protects the brain.

MS is known for attacking and causing damage to the spinal cord and/or the brain.

Scarring can result from the MS attacks and depending where the scarring ends up being, this can cause a whole list of symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

To learn more, click on the link -- what is MS ?

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Finding Ways To Help Reduce MS Nervous System Effects

2010-06-06T23:08:00.000-07:00

Reducing MS nervous system effects can be a challenge, since Multiple Sclerosis is not well understood as to what causes it and what can help to reverse its effects on the nervous system.

Multiple Sclerosis is known to attack the central nervous system and cause damage to either the spinal cord or the brain or both, as well as attack other nerves throughout the body.

Repairing nerves or reversing nerve damage is not very well understood either, but medical research within the last 10 years is finding out more and more that the nerves can be retrained by exercising the muscles that are attached to them.

It is like retraining the nerves and stimulating them at the same time, so that when the exercises are done consistently over a period of time, the nerves are gradually retrain and actually redeveloped, where they were once damage.

Exercise isn't the only thing that can help to regenerate and repair the MS nervous system damage, but exercise along with dietary changes, reducing stress, getting more rest and using other natural and alternative ways to work with the body can help the body to recover more of its abilities to function again, after the effects of the MS attacks have cause damage to different parts of the nervous system.

Natural and alternative ways don't fight against the body, like using prescription drugs do, and they don't result in the side effects that are typically associated with prescription drugs either.

Natural and alternative ways do take some time to work though and they are not a quick fix, but at least, most of the time, they do help more for coaxing the body into healing itself from the effects of Multiple Sclerosis, at least that has been our experience.

Depending on what the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on the nervous system that you are dealing with, not all natural and alternative ways work for every one with MS, since the alternative and natural ways are not cure-alls or anything like that.

But to the favor of natural and alternative ways, more doctors are turning to more complimentary ways of helping their MS patients to find relief to their symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

This means that more doctors are considering using natural and/or alternative ways either by themselves or in combination with using the prescription drugs, which are often prescribed for Multiple Sclerosis patients.

As a result, more MS patients are finding relief to more of their symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, in addition to finding that more of the effects of MS are also beginning to be reversed.

Maybe natural and alternative ways are at least worth considering for reducing the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on your nervous system to help you to find relief from MS.

To read more click on the link -- MS nervous system

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Challenges of Using A CPAP Sleep Mask For Reducing Problems with MS Sleep Apnea

2010-05-29T21:56:00.000-07:00

It can be challenging to wear a continuous positive airway pressure sleep apnea masks and machines or CPAP machine for taming the problems associated with MS sleep apnea.

There is more than one type of sleep apnea. Depending on which type of sleep apnea that you have, there are quite a few different kinds of CPAP sleep masks that can be used for reducing the effects of the sleep apnea or for even getting the sleep apnea under control.

When it comes to the CPAP mask and machines, which help the person with sleep apnea to breathe better while they are sleeping, there are many different ways that the masks and machines are made.

But basically the majority of CPAP masks fall into 2 general types of masks.

One type of CPAP mask covers the nose, but not the mouth and the other type is considered a full face mask, where it covers both the nose and the mouth.

When we sleep, breathing through our noses helps us to get more oxygen to our brains and into our blood while we sleep.

Those of us, who tend to breathe more through our mouths, when we are sleeping, tend to have a much lower level of oxygen being supplied to our brains and to the rest of our bodies from the oxygen levels in our blood, which circulates through out our bodies.

The reduced levels of oxygen in our bodies and our brains can greatly reduce the abilities of our brains and our bodies to function as they should normally.

Often the CPAP mask that covers only the nose is tried first, during the overnight CPAP sleep study to see if it helps us to be able to get adequate levels of oxygen while we are sleeping.

At times, the CPAP mask that covers the nose only does not help enough, since if allergies are present or if you tend to breathe through your mouth while sleeping, the full face mask is needed to boost the oxygen levels back to the level that is needed to help your bran and your body to function as they should.

Mouth breathers often have an obstruction in the nose, throat or some other part of the airway or they can have a problem with congestion from allergies, which can prevent them from being able to breathe through their noses only.

If sleep apnea is suspected, an over night sleep study is done with you to determine if sleep apnea is present.

Multiple Sclerosis can set us up for sleep apnea to develop, since MS is known to attack the nervous system and cause many parts of our bodies and our brains not to function as they should.

Once it is determined that sleep apnea is the problem that you are having problems with, another overnight sleep study is done to determine which type of CPAP sleep mask will work for your particular type of sleep apnea.

Sleep apnea is basically where for one reason or another, the person stops breathing temporarily several to many times a night, while they are sleeping.

Most often the breathing problems occur while the person is lying down to sleep, but sleeping while sitting up in a chair can sometimes cause the restricting of the airway too that can cause breathing problems while sleeping.

Difficulties, which can present more problems with MS sleep apnea, while you are trying to get used to sleeping with a CPAP sleep mask can include:

Allergies can cause congestion

Congestion can make it difficult to breathe through your nose.

To use a sleep mask that covers only the nose, you need to be able to sleep with your mouth closed. This can present a problem when allergies are present.

Chin straps can be used to help to keep the mouth closed when using a sleep mask that only covers the nose, but the congestion can cause a problem that can prevent being able to drain the congestion enough for you to be able to breathe through your nose and not your mouth.

We unconsciously breathe through our mouths when we are congested.

Sleep masks do have filters on them, but some only come with 1 filter and some have 2 filters.

The sleep masks with 2 filters work better for those who have allergic reactions, since 1 filter removes dust and other particles from the air and the second one removes molds and other airborne pathogens, which can help reduce allergic reactions while sleeping.

It is best if you can clean up the room that you sleep in to remove as much dust, mold and clutter to minimize clogging the filters on the masks and to help reduce possible allergens in the room that you sleep in.

When it comes to MS sleep apnea, getting used to wearing a CPAP sleep mask when sleeping can be difficult.

Typically, problems encountered when getting used to sleeping with a sleep apnea CPAP mask can include:

* Difficulty getting used to sleeping with the mask on your face

We can unconsciously find it uncomfortable at first, when we first start wearing a CPAP mask to sleep at night to help us to breathe better when we sleep at night, especially if you have never had to wear a mask on your face before..

* Claustrophobia

This is the fear of not being able to breathe with the mask on your face or fear of the feeling of being closed in or too restricted.

This can be more of a problem if you need to wear a full face sleep mask, since there are also ones that just cover the nose and not the mouth.

* Sinus congestion or problems with Allergies

This can make it difficult for you to breathe through your nose when sleeping.

We get much more oxygen to our brains and into our bloodstream, when we breathe through our nose and not through our mouths, while we are sleeping.

But this problem can also make it so that we can't use the type of sleep apnea mask that covers the nose only. This can make it so that we need to use a full face CPAP or sleep mask.

* Difficulty breathing more deeply and more regularly

Sleep apnea already comes with the characteristic where we stop breathing temporarily a few to several times when we are sleeping at night.

This can just add to the sleep apnea problem or it can be a major contributing factor to the sleep apnea problem to start with.

This type of problem with holding your breath is more of a problem where learned responses of holding your breath when you feel under stress can make it where you are not getting enough oxygen to the brain and the rest of the body.

This can be a learned response from past traumatic events in your life, where you tend to hold your breathe more often when you feel stressed out.

Finding ways to relax and de-stress the nervous system can help reduce this problem, as well as learning to breathe more deeply and more regularly.

We can retrain ourselves, while we are awake to help us to learn to breathe more deeply and regularly and then carry this over to helping retrain ourselves to do the deeper breathing, where we slow down our breathing and make it more regular to help relax our nervous system, our bodies and our minds before we go to sleep after we put on the CPAP mask.

At times, we may have difficulties retraining ourselves to breathe more regularly and more deeply while we are wearing a sleep mask, simply because we are so used to our old habits of not breathing regularly like we should be doing.

These and other problems that learning to sleep with a CPAP or sleep apnea mask can be overcome, but it does take some retraining ourselves and with changing our habits from what we did previously and it can often take a few weeks up to 1 or 2 months to get used to sleeping with wearing a CPAP sleep mask.

When sleep apnea is present, especially for more prolonged periods of time (we are talking often we can have sleep apnea problems for years before we are diagnosed), it can take time to convince ourselves that we are actually allowed to be able to get a good night of sleep every night.

This can be part of the problem too with sleep apnea

We need to give ourselves permission for us to be able to work with our bodies to allow them to relax and find sleep to be an enjoyable experience again, instead of us feeling like we are being tortured almost every night.

Getting used to sleeping with a sleep mask or CPAP mask and machine can be a challenge, but I have found that in my case of multiple sclerosis sleep apnea, that sleeping with a CPAP mask does help me most nights with with being able to actually get a very good restful night of sleep each night.

It isn't as intimidating as it may seem at first to get used to sleeping with a sleep apnea CPAP mask.

Although sleeping with a CPAP sleep apnea sleep mask is not necessarily the only solution for your case of sleep apnea to get it under control, it can help a lot with allowing you to finally get a good night sleep.

Sleeping with a CPAP mask may not be the only solution, since sometimes undergoing surgery to correct any physical obstructions, that may be creating much of the problems that contribute to sleep apnea, can sometimes help to correct the sleep apnea, so sleeping with a CPAP mask may not be needed after the surgery.

Going for surgery doesn't always fix the physical obstructions with sleep apnea either, but this may be a consideration, if using a CPAP mask doesn't seem to be helping you to sleep better at night.

If you want to at least consider if surgery can help to correct the problem you are having with sleep apnea, you can get additional opinions by visiting an ear, nose and throat doctor to see if there is a deviated septum, a problem with the tonsils or a problem with the adenoids, which could be contributing to the problem that you are having with sleep apnea.

Click on the link to read more about -- ms sleep apnea

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What Problems Can The Multiple Sclerosis Symptom of Dropping Things Cause You?

2010-05-26T06:35:00.000-07:00

When I started out with a severe case of Multiple Sclerosis 13 years ago, I was having a very difficult time with the Multiple Sclerosis symptom of dropping things.

This made it so that I had to cut out doing every day activities like doing dishes, putting dishes away in the cabinet, stopping using any dishes or glasses that were breakable, since I broke everything I used by dropping it on the ground and shattering it.

It was like I was losing control of my hands.

It took a while of changing lots of things, before I started to recover my abilities to use my hands again to do even daily activities that we can sometimes take for granted that we can do.

The scariest thing about all of the problems that I had with dropping things is that I love kids. I used to help my friends out with babysitting for them and I loved playing with their children.

At the time, I had no children of my own and I remember that at one point I was somewhere around lots of people and someone handed me their 2 month old baby to hold. I hadn't really thought about it at first, since it was about 3 years after I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and my friend was talking with someone else and they had walked a few feet away from me and left me holding the baby.

I suddenly was in a panic, when I realized that I couldn't hang onto to the baby for more than a few minutes. All I could think about was that I was going to drop the baby.

I tried desperately to get my friend's attention and when she finally sent her husband over to take the baby away from me, I felt such relief that I hadn't dropped and hurt the baby.

After that, I was not willing to pick up a baby or any child and hold them. That was difficult, since I love children.

What kind of things does this Multiple Sclerosis symptom of dropping things get in the way of you doing, that makes it difficult for you to function from day to day?

I'd really like to hear more from you , as to what you are dealing with because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis, since you have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

Sometimes just discussing the way that Multiple Sclerosis has affected our lives does help us to feel like we are not alone in our struggles with MS.

I'd love to hear from you. Leave us your comments and we can talk about it.

Take comfort in knowing, you are not alone in your struggle with Multiple Sclerosis.

We can learn to help each other to reduce the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on our health.

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Multiple Sclerosis Sleep Apnea and Passing Out

2010-05-25T09:54:00.000-07:00

I apologize for my delay in answering any questions e-mailed to me within the last 2 months. I was recently diagnosed with sleep apnea on top of the Multiple Sclerosis that I have been dealing with for 13 years.

On top of this, I have had a severe problem with passing out often and the combination of the 2 has made it very difficult for me to think straight enough for me to write very much or be able to carry on conversation via e-mail, like I typically can do.

My doctors have recently figured out that my adrenal glands are not functioning very well, which is causing my blood pressure to drop to the point where I can pass out for 1 to 3 hours at a time.

I recently received and started using the sleep mask or CPAP machine as it is called (or continuous positive air pressure machine) to help me reduce the problems that I exerience because of sleep apnea and to help me to get more restful sleep at night.

I was also started on a few different medications to help boost the function of my adrenals to help prevent the dizziness and passing out that I have been experiencing all too much over the last 2 to 3 years.

Both the medications and using the sleep apnea CPAP machine have been helping me to start to function better again.

I am working back into the swing of things with providing you with more information on what I have learned about living with Multiple Sclerosis and about what I have found that has helped to reduce the effects of Multiple Sclerosis and other conditions that accompany MS to help you to find relief too!

Helping you, who alsp struggle with Multiple Sclerosis and the other health conditions that can accompany Multiple Sclerosis is my main objective with everything that I do with my website and blog.

But I can't do this alone. I need your feedback to help me to know what information you are searching for to help you to find relief to what you are deling with, when it comes to Multiple Sclerosis.

I don't to just talk about what I have been through, since this may or may not help you to find relief.

Please leave me your comments, or questions as to what you would would like to find out more about when it comes to what you are dealing with because of Multiple Sclerosis.

I just want you to know that I understand how difficult living with Multiple Sclerosis can be and sometimes additional health challenges can also appear, which are not initially related to the Multiple Sclerosis, but that is somehow related to the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on the body, that can sometimes make it difficult for you to function.

Where I can, I describe things from a first hand point of view, since I have been there with much of what I describe that those of us with Multiple Sclerosis can ourselves be struggling with in each of our own cases of Multiple Sclerosis.

Although I myself don't take any of the typically prescribed medications for Multiple Sclerosis, if you find that they do help you, in reducing the struggle that you find yourself in with the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, then use them.

But remember that no matter what treatment method or other ways that you use, while working with your doctors, to reduce the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on your body -- remember it's your body.

You know how you react to things and what kind of thing appear to help you, and which do not seem to help you much at all...or may even cause you to become worse instead of doing better.

No matter what ways you use for you, it is always your choice. Don't let anyone else tell you otherwise.

If you would like to learn more about how sleep apnea can affect those of us with MS, click on the link to learn more -- Multiple Sclerosis sleep apnea

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MS Fatigue and Multiple Sclerosis Sleep Problems

2010-04-18T23:36:00.000-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis sleep problems or not getting a restful night of sleep on a regular basis can actually contribute to causing the worsening of MS attacks or MS relapses by making the attacks appear more often and become more severe.

Getting adequate rest is very important for those of us with Multiple Sclerosis. When we get adequate rest on a regular basis, this increases our body's own production of stem cells, which help repair damage to the nerves through out the body.

When it come to what can contribute to Multiple Sclerosis sleep problems, there can be several things that can either make the fatigue much worse or can actually be one of the root causes of problems with getting a good night of restful sleep more often when you are struggling with MS.

Sleep disorders are one of the problems that can develop as a result of Multiple Sclerosis attacking and damaging the central nervous system. Going for an overnight sleep study can often get to the bottom of any sleep disorder that has developed, that might be interfering with our bodies going through the normal sleep cycles that our bodies go through when we lie down and sleep.

To read more click on the link -- Multiple Sclerosis Sleep

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Can Multiple Sclerosis Sleep Apnea Contribute To MS Sleep Problems and MS Fatigue?

2010-04-07T00:23:00.000-07:00

When it come to Multiple Sclerosis sleep apnea is often a common problem for disrupting sleep than you think!

When it comes to sleep apnea, 10 out of every 100 people have sleep apnea, but a whopping 40% to 50% go undiagnosed for most, if not all of their lives!

This is what is reported for people, who are not diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, but when it comes to those of us who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, the incident rate of the appearance of sleep apnea increases even more for us.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis sleep apnea

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MS Stress: : How Does Stress Affect Your Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

2010-03-09T03:04:00.000-08:00

When it comes to MS stress is known to play a big part in how severe the Multiple Sclerosis attacks, relapses and exacerbations can become.

Stress can also influence how severe the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis can become, as well as how long many of the more severe MS symptoms tend to last.

How have you found that stress affects your symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

Have you found anything that you would recommend to others with problems with the affects of MS stress that could help them to find relief too to the effects of stress on their symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

Leave a comment and let us know about your experiences dealing with MS stress.

We'd love to hear what you think! Leave us a comment to tell us your story.

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MS Tips: Reducing Dry or Cracked Skin Problems With Multiple Sclerosis

2010-02-23T23:31:00.000-08:00

MS Tips can be very helpful, when someone with Multiple Sclerosis passes on tips for things that they have found that has helped to reduce one or more of their symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

When it comes to Multiple Sclerosis, problems with the skin becoming dry and cracking is all too often a problem, that can set us up for getting even more infections than we would other wise.

Click on the link to read more -- MS tips (for reducing dry or cracked skin)

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MS Tip: Reducing Scrambling Things From MS Brain Function Problems

2010-02-18T16:17:00.001-08:00

MS tip for reducing MS brain scrambling:

I was travelling in a car today on a sunny day, as a passenger (someone else was driving) and I tried something as a curiosity to see if it could help to reduce the scrambling that I was having a problem today from the effects of Multiple Sclerosis scrambling my brain and what I tried worked!

Since it helped, I wanted to pass this MS tip on to you, since it doesn't require buying anything or taking supplements or prescription drugs for you to find relief.

It was a very sunny day and as we were travelling down the road, towards the sun, I found that if I put up the visor in the car and let the sun shine on my face as much as possible and enter my eyes (don't look directly at the sun, look from side to side and don't wear sunglasses) that this helped to greatly reduce the scrambling that was going on because of the MS brain function problems that I was experiencing today.

Most people, diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, have a problem being low in vitamin D levels and vitamin D has been found to have a protective quality in Multiple Sclerosis to help reduce the number of MS attacks and relapses by preventing them.

Most people with MS tend not to get enough sunlight exposure because of the problem people with Multiple Sclerosis have with over reacting to heat and because of the reduced ability to stand and walk because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis attacks, which reduces our outdoor activities more most of the time.

Since I found something that helped me to find relief to the MS brain function problems with scrambling things or with dyslexia, I wanted to pass this MS tip on to help you too.

Have a great day!

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MS Brain: Have You Found Yourself Scrambled Because of Multiple Sclerosis?

2010-02-18T11:23:00.000-08:00

MS Brain function can be affected by Multiple Sclerosis attacking the brain, resulting in lesions or scarring in the brain. Scrambling words, numbers or concepts can be one of the many problems that can result in many cases of Multiple Sclerosis.

When this happens, this can make it difficult to write, form sentences when you talk or cause everything to be so jumbled up that it can be difficult to carry on a conversation with anyone or understand what other people are saying to you. This is often called dyslexia.

As with most cases of Multiple Sclerosis, we tend to have "good" days and "bad" days. With my case of Multiple Sclerosis, the days that I tend to scramble things or that the dyslexia goes crazy tends to come and go.

Although today is a scrambled day for me, sometimes in spite of the scrambling of my MS brain, I am still able to write some (go figure, since this makes no sense at all).

Okay...it makes a little sense, since the degree of scrambling from the Multiple Sclerosis can be much worse some days so much more than on other days. Some days when the scrambling becomes much worse, I can't do much of anything on those days, except wait until the problem with scrambling everything calms down.

Do you find that with your symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis that you tend to have problems with scrambling words, numbers, concepts or whatever?

What do you do when this happens to you?

I'd really like to know -- please leave me your comments to help me out here, since this is not an easy thing to deal with because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis.

I look forward to your comments!

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MS Disability: Dealing with Electrical Power Outages with Multiple Sclerosis

2010-02-15T00:56:00.000-08:00

Having a MS disability is difficult enough to deal with, but what can help when the power goes out and no electricity is available to help you to function for a period of time?

What do you do then, to help you to function?

Click on the link to read more -- MS disability without electrical power.

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MS Breakthrough: More Medical Information on CCSVI for Your Doctors

2010-02-08T07:59:00.000-08:00

The MS breakthrough for the reduced blood flow from the brains of Multiple Sclerosis patients (or CCSVI as it has been called) has people with MS talking up a storm all over the Internet on blogs, forums, message boards, social groups and all over the place.

I also was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and my doctors have been working with me to evaluate me, using ultrasound testing, to determine if I have the reduced blood flow from the brain or in the veins in the upper chest, but my doctors are having a tough time deciding which veins that they need to run the tests for, like Dr. Paolo Zamboni did with the MS patients that he did the study with in Ferrara, Italy.

Just in case you are having this problem too, click on the following link to read more about information that I found that can help you and your doctor in evaluating you for CCSVI -- MS breakthrough more information to help your doctors.

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Stress MS: How Does Stress Affect the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

2010-02-04T14:45:00.000-08:00

Stress MS patients often feel can create a big problem for those of us, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

The effects of stress can contribute to setting us up for MS attacks, exacerbations and relapses, which can appear much more often and much more severely, than they would if the stress was not present.

Although we can not totally get rid of the stress in our lives, especially when we are dealing with Multiple Sclerosis on a long term basis, we can reduce, minimize or maybe even neutralize the way that we respond to the stress and greatly reduce the way that the effects of stress can have on the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Click on the link to read more -- Stress MS

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MS Tips: Helpful MS Tip for Helping Reduce Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

2010-02-02T23:35:00.000-08:00

There are many natural and/or alternative MS tips that can be helpful for reducing the symptoms or even the effects of Multiple Sclerosis, that can be discussed on-line. Some of the tips can be more helpful than others when it comes to reducing the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Which of the MS tips have helped you the most to find relief to your symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, that you would like to pass on to other people, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, to help them to find relief too?

Feel free to post your comments, as we are all working together to do what we can to help others who have also been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

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Multiple Sclerosis News: What Can We Do with the MS News About Blood Flow Problems with MS?

2010-01-25T21:47:00.000-08:00

How does the more recent Multiple Sclerosis news apply to those of us with MS?

Does the blood flow problems to the brain or Chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency (CCVI) apply to all of us, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

Can we be tested for this particular problem, to see if this a problem for us, that may be contributing to some degree to our symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis News

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MS Work: How Can Having Multiple Sclerosis Affect Our Ability to Work?

2010-01-21T07:21:00.001-08:00

When it comes to having MS work may or may not be something that we are able to continue doing, based on how mild to severe the effects of Multiple Sclerosis are on our nervous systems.

Multiple Sclerosis can vary from person to person as to how it affects how well we can function from day to day.

Click on the link to read more -- MS work

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MS Food: Is Eating or Drinking Foods containing Caffeine a Good Idea with Multiple Sclerosis?

2010-01-16T11:22:00.000-08:00

Some controversies exist, when it comes to discussing MS food selections for helping those of us with Multiple Sclerosis for reducing MS symptoms and increasing the amounts of energy that we have each day.

Is it a good thing for those of us with Multiple Sclerosis to eat or drink foods that contain caffeine?

Click on the link to read more -- MS food

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MS Food: Example of Foods That I Eat To Help Reduce My Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

2010-01-15T16:27:00.001-08:00

I have been asked a few times: What MS food do I eat that helps with reducing my symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis and help me to function better?

I have found that if I include more foods of the following on a more regular basis, that I function better more often and my MS symptoms and MS attacks become less often of a problem.

Click on the link to read more -- MS food

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How Can the Recent MS News Apply to Those of Us with Multiple Sclerosis?

2010-01-13T22:59:00.000-08:00

The recent MS news, that was released about the discovery that Dr. Paolo Zamboni found with his MS patients involves restricted blood flow to and/or from the brain. After the restrictions were opened up, these MS patients found relief to their MS symptoms.

How does any of this recent MS news apply to us, who also have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

Click on the link to read more -- MS news

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MS Talk About It !!

2009-12-28T22:32:00.000-08:00

MS talk about it?

I don't about you, but I find that there are days where I just feel better if I find other people, who have also been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, that I can just talk to about what I am dealing with on a daily basis because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on my body.

Don't you feel like that sometimes?

Well...it's your turn!

What is the worst thing that you have found yourself dealing with, since you have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

Now's your chance -- Leave us your comments and tell us about it!

Sometimes, just talking about it all can help relieve stress and help you to feel like you are not alone in what you are dealing with because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis.

So, let me tell you right now...you are not alone!

Somehow, we are all in this together.

Let us know what you are dealing with because of Multiple Sclerosis and we will do what we can to help you to find more information on alternative and natural ways that can help you to find relief too.

Hang in there my friends...until next time...

We wish you the best on your quest to wellness!

The Taming Multiple Sclerosis Team

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MS Fatigue: Can a Virus Contribute to Fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-12-26T13:57:00.000-08:00

What virus can possibly contribute to the MS fatigue seen in Multiple Sclerosis?

Can anything help to reduce the fatigue, associated with this virus, in addition to helping with reducing the fatigue that is often associated with Multiple Sclerosis?

Click on the link to read more -- MS fatigue

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Reducing MS Fatigue can be a Challenge

2009-12-13T19:50:00.000-08:00

Finding ways to reduce MS fatigue can be a challenge, but I have found some ways that can help reduce the effects of the fatigue that is often associated with Multiple Sclerosis.

Click on the link to read more -- MS fatigue

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MS Infection: How Does Having An Infection Affect Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-12-06T23:12:00.000-08:00

MS infection: how does having an infection affected those of us diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

Can having an infection aggravate MS symptoms and make them worse?

Click on the link to read more -- MS infection

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MS Breakthrough: A Recent Discovery in Multiple Sclerosis

2009-12-01T00:15:00.000-08:00

Have you heard about the recent MS breakthrough, which involves a promising discovery is stirring hope for the estimated 2.3 million people diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis around the world?

Click on the link to read more -- MS breakthrough

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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment: A Newer Type of Treatment Being Considered for MS?

2009-11-28T00:12:00.000-08:00

Since a new development how Multiple Sclerosis recently was announced, this may potentially suggest a new Multiple Sclerosis treatment, that wasn't a consideration previously.

This may also mean that the way that Multiple Sclerosis is approached and the whole notion that of Multiple Sclerosis being a autoimmune disorder (where the body becomes confused in some way where it attacks itself) may change in the future.

Time will tell, but this also has the potential of changing the way that the medical community around the world approaches and treats Multiple Sclerosis in the future.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis treatment.

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MS News: What's All the Buzz About for Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-11-24T08:05:00.000-08:00

Have you heard about the recent MS news that MS patients are talking about and how this discovery is stirring hope for the estimated 2.3 million people, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis around the world?

This amazing discovery has the potential of helping thousands of people around the world, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. This breakthrough could possibly even change the way that the medical community around the world views Multiple Sclerosis on both how it is classified and how it is treated.

On November 21st, an amazing breakthrough for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) was aired on the news across Canada, that described about a new discovery by Dr. Paolo Zamboni, an Italian vascular surgeon. According to Dr. Zamboni, he found that there is a structural defect that exists in the blood vessels of the MS patients that he treated, which could be causing symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. This interesting discovery has peaked the curiosity of the medical community around the world.

Click on the link to read more -- MS news

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MS Tip for reducing MS symptoms Resulting After Using Injectable Drugs for Multiple Sclerosis

2009-10-27T21:38:00.000-07:00

A MS tip from other people, who have also been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, can often be invaluable with helping us to find better relief to our MS symptoms, because they themselves are also dealing with many of the same or similar MS symptoms as we are experiencing ourselves.

A MS tip was recently passed on to me from someone with Multiple Sclerosis that may help those of you that are using one of the injectable drugs, which are often prescribed for helping to reduce MS symptoms.

We have asked her permission, for us to be able to pass this information on to those of you, who are also currently using one of the injectable drugs to help to manage your Multiple Sclerosis symptoms, in the hopes that it may help those of you, who may also be battling with similar experiences yourself.

Click on the link to read more -- MS tip

If you have any further ms tips that you wish to pass along to others who may also be facing problems with similar MS symptoms, as to what you are experiencing, you can leave a comment on this blog and we will pass the information along to others, also diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

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MS Caregiver: Being a Caregiver with Multiple Sclerosis

2009-10-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

Being a caregiver by itself can be a challenge, but being an MS caregiver or a caregive with MS presents so many more challenges than it would otherwise.

An interesting phenomena is occurring around the world, as a larger percentage of people in many more different countries around the world are living longer lives and as the number of people entering later stages of life is increasing as more of the "baby boomer" generation approaches retirement age.

This often means that as more of the aging population develop health conditions that require more assistance for performing every day tasks, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson, different forms of dementia or cancer, or even Multiple Sclerosis, more and more of the younger generations are finding themselves in more of a care giver role.

Click on the link to read more -- MS Caregiver

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave you comments and let us know what you think!

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Vitamin D MS: Can Increasing Vitamin D Levels Reduce MS Depression?

2009-09-10T05:58:00.000-07:00

Vitamin D MS: what can we do for helping to increase vitamin D levels and how can this help to reduce or maybe even eliminate depression in Multiple Sclerosis?

What other benefits are there from increasing vitamin D levels?

Click on the link to read more -- vitamin D ms

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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MS Flu: Can Anything Help to Curb the Flu with Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-09-06T22:05:00.000-07:00

When it come to Multiple Sclerosis, MS flu is very often a big problem. I have found, that with my own case of Multiple Sclerosis, that I can end up with "the flu" much more often throughout the year than any other type of infection, that I tend to get each year.

Another name for the actual main virus, that is often called "the flu" is the Influenza virus. The main problem with "the flu" is that it isn't just one organism, but instead it is actually a group of different forms of the same virus, that are related in one way or the other.

Click on the link to read more -- MS flu

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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How Can Multiple Sclerosis Insomnia Affect the Memory, While we are Awake?

2009-09-02T23:58:00.000-07:00

How can Multiple Sclerosis insomnia affect how well the memory works, during the hours that we are awake?

As more sleep studies are being done to observe the effects of insomnia on the body, the more is being understood about how insomnia affects the ways that our memories can function during the day, while we are actually awake. This effect of insomnia on decreasing the abilities of our memories to work as they should is seen as a much bigger problem for those of us, who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

How does sleep help the memory to work better?

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis insomnia

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Multiple Sclerosis Diet: What Diet Changes Can Help?

2009-08-31T06:02:00.000-07:00

During the initial healing phase of dealing with Multiple Sclerosis, changes to the Multiple Sclerosis diet is very important for helping to reduce stress on he digestive tract and the nervous system and to aid in speeding up the healing process in the body.

But...what are the Multiple Sclerosis diet changes that we can make that can help to reduce Multiple Sclerosis symptoms or possibly even help to reverse the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on the body?

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis diet

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Multiple Sclerosis Exercise: What Exercises Can Help if You can still Walk or Stand after MS?

2009-08-18T05:24:00.000-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis exercise: are there exercises that can help people with Multiple Sclerosis that can still walk some or are still able to stand? What can help you to improve how well you can function?

This is a very good question.

When it comes to the degree of disability that can be caused by the effects of Multiple Sclerosis attacking our bodies, the amount that you are able to function can vary from having difficulty walking, to needing to use a cane or a walker, or if severe enough we can get to the point where we can no longer stand or walk and we need to use a wheelchair to get around.

But can anything help us to improve how well our bodies can function?

To read more click on the link -- multiple sclerosis exercise

If you find that this information is helpful to you, or if you disagree with the information included here, leave us your comments and let us know what you think!

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Exercise MS: Running Up and Down the Driveway?

2009-08-13T00:48:00.000-07:00

Exercise MS: Can Running up and down the driveway be a good exercise for Multiple Sclerosis?

We hear about how those of us with Multiple Sclerosis can get some really good benefits from exercising, but when we it really comes down to it, those of with Multiple Sclerosis often think that exercising is something that is way too difficult for us to do, especially if our MS symptoms are more severe to the point that we have more ms fatigue or if we are more disabled because of effects of Multiple Sclerosis on our bodies.

But what we don't realize sometimes is that even many of what every one else thinks is a "normal every day task" can be exercise for those of us with Multiple Sclerosis.

To read more click on the link -- exercise MS

If you find the information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Anxiety MS: Can Anything Help to Reduce Multiple Sclerosis Anxiety?

2009-08-10T07:36:00.000-07:00

Have you had a problem with anxiety MS can include as a possible symptom?

Can anything be done to help reduce Multiple Sclerosis anxiety?

Click on the link to read more -- anxiety MS

If you find any of this information to be helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Multiple Sclerosis: Talk About It

2009-08-08T09:28:00.000-07:00

When we talk about our experiences with Multiple Sclerosis it can help us so much to de-stress, and work through emotions that tend to accompany most cases of Multiple Sclerosis.

So, tell me about what you are struggling with when it comes to your symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis or whatever else you would like to talk about.

I understand what it is like to have to continually battle with Multiple Sclerosis.

It is no fun most of the time living with Multiple Sclerosis and some days it is downright frustrating, scary or even so exhausting that we can sometimes feel like we just can't function. I know what that is like, since today is just one of those days where I just can't seem to think straight enough for me to be able to get anything done today. that I had planned on doing today.

Do you feel like this too? Tell me about what you are having a tough time with Multiple Sclerosis.

We'd love to hear from you! We look forward to hearing from you!

Take care my friends!

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Multiple Sclerosis Weight Loss: Does It Matter at All?

2009-08-03T08:57:00.000-07:00

Can Multiple Sclerosis weight loss help reduce MS symptoms or reduce how severe our symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis symptoms can become?

Certain types of toxins have been found to increase how much Multiple Sclerosis can attack and cause damage to our nerves throughout our bodies. These toxins are often called neurotoxins, because of the effects on the nerves. Unfortunately, it has also been found that the more body fat that we have, this can actually help our bodies to store the neurotoxins within the excess fat cells in our body.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis weight loss.

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Multiple Sclerosis Season Changes: How do season changes affect MS?

2009-08-01T09:38:00.000-07:00

How can Multiple Sclerosis season changes affect those who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis? Season changes include Spring and Fall, when the outdoor temperature, and other weather becomes so much more unstable, so that it fluctuates much more between day time and night time temperatures. Season changes can have a huge impact on those with Multiple Sclerosis because of a few different reasons.

Season Changes can contribute to making Multiple Sclerosis symptoms much worse, as well as, trigger or aggravate MS exacerbations and ms relapses. During season changes, those of us with Multiple Sclerosis can have much more problems with ms fatigue, more problems with getting more intense infections more often, have problems with getting rid of each infection, or have problems with more exacerbations and relapses of our Multiple Sclerosis symptoms.

Click on the link to read more -- multiple sclerosis season changes.

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Cooling MS: Can anything Help Reduce Heat with Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-07-28T22:07:00.000-07:00

Can anything help with cooling ms down from the over reaction of those with Multiple Sclerosis to Heat?

Because of the problems that people that are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis have with Heat, it can make it very difficult to survive the summer months. It isn't just a problem with overheating, in my case of Multiple Sclerosis, I have a problem where I don't sweat like I should and the cooling that is achieved as the sweat evaporates, that normally helps my body to cool off is working and can not be of much help to cool my body down, as it should be.

Multiple Sclerosis heat can be such a problem that it can become more threatening to our over all health if it is not addressed and a way is found that can help cooling ms related heat problems.

Click on the link to read more - cooling ms.

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or you disagree about any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Multiple Sclerosis Regaining Your Identity after Being Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis

2009-07-23T23:47:00.000-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis Regaining Your Identity or indentifying what makes you who you are after you are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis can be difficult, depending on how Multiple Sclerosis has affected your overall health, how well you can function and on what you are still able to do on a daily basis.

If Multiple Sclerosis has taken a larger toll on your body and removed more of your ability to function, finding something that makes you feel like your life still has purpose can be difficult at times. When so much of what you did before an enjoyed about life has been taken away from you, because of the Multiple Sclerosis attacks on your body, it can leave you feeling like part of you is missing.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis Regaining Your Identity.

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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MS Hope: Can having Hope Help Reduce the Effects of Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-07-20T09:47:00.000-07:00

Will it help us to have ms hope or ms faith?

MS hope is where we keep positive about the outcome of our situation, our health or whatever we are going through when it comes to the effects of Multiple Sclerosis. If we can find ways to keep up our spirits or remain positive, at least more of the time than not, this makes a huge difference for those of us that have been given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.

Click on the link to read more -- ms hope.

If you find that any of this information is helpful to you, or you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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What can Help with Taming MS Tremors?

2009-07-18T04:53:00.000-07:00

When it come to Multiple Sclerosis, taming Multiple Sclerosis tremors can be difficult at times, but from a ms natural point of view, there are some things that can help with taming ms tremors that are helpful to a large degree, but it does take time for the natural ways to work, since multiple sclerosis tremors are typically related to either nerve damage or nerve dysfunction.

To read more click on the link -- taming multiple sclerosis tremors

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Reversing Multiple Sclerosis: Can anything Help?

2009-07-10T07:45:00.000-07:00

Finding ways for helping our bodies with reversing Multiple Sclerosis or reversing ms can be something that sounds like a good idea, but is this an actual possiblity for finding ways to do this?

Click on the link to read more -- reversing multiple sclerosis

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with any of the information here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Multiple Sclerosis Symptom Weakness on One Side of Body

2009-06-25T00:16:00.000-07:00

One of a long list of the possible MS symptoms can include the ms symptom weakness on one side of the body. This particular symptom can mimic the result of having a severe stroke, where one side of the body is much weaker and less functional than the other side of the body.

Doctors can use additional testing, such as mri tests (or magnetic resonance imaging testing), retinal scans, spinal tap, etc. to determine if Multiple Sclerosis is present, instead of the weakness on one side actually being the result of a stroke.

To read more, click on the link - MS symptom Weakness on One Side of Body.

If you find any of this information helpful to you, or if you disagree with the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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What are the 3 Worst MS Symptoms that You are Struggling With?

2009-06-22T08:29:00.000-07:00

It's your turn! We want to hear from you!

possible multiple sclerosis symptoms

It's your turn! I want to hear from you!

Tell me about the 3 worst multiple sclerosis symptoms that you are having problems with. What are the things that you are having the toughest time dealing with when it comes to all of the crazy multiple sclerosis symptoms that can be caused by Multiple Sclerosis?

It can be so difficult to live from day to day struggling with the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis. At times, it can even seem like you are all alone in what Multiple Sclerosis symptoms that you have problems with as you are living with MS for any period of time -- whether is has been a short or longer period of time, since you were given the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis.

Where can you go to talk about how Multiple Sclerosis has affected our lives?

Well I know that it can be difficult to find ways to just talk or chat with someone else that can
understand what we are going through, after we are given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.

So, since I also struggle with my own Multiple Sclerosis symptoms at times (sometimes more often than not), I want you to know that I am here to help you in any way that I can. I am not a doctor, but I have had first had experience of battling back against a severe case of Multipl Sclerosis and I have learned much more about MS as I have been searching for more ways to reduce my own Multiple Sclerosis symptoms, while I have been searching for other ways that can help the many other people in the world that have been given the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis too that have not been able to find relief to their own Multiple Sclerosis symptoms as I have been able to do.

Do you find that you would just like to talk to someone else that has been through something similar to what you have been through that understands something about how you feel and what you are struggling with when either a MS relapse, exacerbation or attack causes a flare up in Multiple Sclerosis symptoms appearing to become worse and make you feel sicker -- so that you are able to function less than before the ms relapse occurred?

Well...I do understand what you are also going through because of Multiple Sclerosis, because I have been there too and if you just want to discuss any of what you are going through because of Multiple Scerosis symptoms, you can post your questions, concerns or even describe what symptoms you are struggling with and I will do what I can to help you as much as I can to see that it isn't hopeless and you are not alone!

So, go ahead -- tell me about your 3 worst Multiple Sclerosis symptoms !

If you find any of this information helpful to you , or if you disagree with any of the information included here, leave your comments and let us know what you think!

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Coping with Life Again After Being Diagnosed with MS

2009-06-15T01:32:00.000-07:00

Coping with Multiple Sclerosis

After we are first given the Multiple Sclersis diagnosis, it can sometimes be difficult to deal with the shock factor of how devastating the the effects of Multiple Sclerosis can be often be on our overall health. Depending on how mild to severe your particular set of MS symptoms have become, you may have to give up doing a few or many of the things that you enjoyed doing previously because your body no longer functions enough for you to be able to do the things that you really loved doing before Multiple Sclerosis entered your life.

I know how it feels to have to give up doing the majority of what I loved to do previously - almost over night - because of how severe my particular case of Multiple Sclerosis was when I was first given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. I didn't realize at the time that the very mild symptoms that I had as my initial symptoms of MS, that appeared within the 2 years before I was actually diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, were actually signalling that I had a much more severe health condition than I could have ever imagined.

I didn't realize until about 2 weeks before I was admitted to the hospital and then given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis, that something was severely wrong with my health. My case of Multiple Sclerosis was fast moving, after the initial subtle systems first appeared and my health quickly went down hill. After I was given the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis, and my life was turned upside down, I was constantly being asked how I could handle the drastic changes that Multiple Sclerosis had brought into my life? "How can you cope with Multiple Sclerosis?" was said to me so often, within the first few weeks after I was diagnosed, but I don't really registered at the time as to how sick I really was at the time. But even after I was first diagnosed with MS, my case of Multiple Sclerosis kept getting worse over the next 2 months (as if it could get any worse for how terrible I looked when I first went in the hospital).

In spite of all that I went through in such a short period of time, because of the effects of Multiple Sclerosis on my overall health, I made a choice to choose not to give up, at least that sounded like a good plan at first. Thinking back on it all now, I had decided, at the time, that I had 2 choices to choose between. I could either allow myself to be extremely depressed (which would not help me to get better at all) or I could find a way to deal with the way that I felt inside (at least initially). I had remembered that in the past, before I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis whenever I had any kind of adversity or bad thing, enter my life, I would find some way to look on the bright side of the situation or look at the silver lining, in spite of any of the terrible things that were actually going on in my life at the time. I have heard the saying, "when life gives you a bunch of lemons, you just make lemonade" -- but this wasn't like having the flu or some other short term illness. This was a much longer term illness than I ever could have imaginged having to learn to "cope with".

After I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, I wasn't really even sure what MS was at the time. But after I found out more about it, I made up my mind that I wouldn't let the news about me being given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis get me severely depressed, since I was bound to just get sicker if I let myself get too depressed all of the time. One thing that helped me at first is that quite a few of my friends came to visit me, when I was in the hospital, when I was first diagnosed. I was so sick at first that I was kept in the hosipital for 6 weeks. After the first 2 weeks, my friends stopped visiting me and being by myself in the hospital made how severe my health condition had become start to sink in more.

So, I decided that I would meet people, while I was in the hospital. I have always found that if I can find a way to cheer up other people, that it helped me to feel better too. The first week that I was in the hospital, I was in intensive care, until they "figured out" what was wrong with me. After I was diagnosed and my condition was down graded, I was moved to the rehabilitation floor.

I still didn't understand much about how Multiple Sclerosis can make you feel extremely fatigued by everything that you do. I didn't know that Multiple Sclerosis can make it so that many MS symptoms can appear that are very strange to say the least. I didn't know anything about ms numbness, ms nerve pain, ms vision problems, or anything else that was part of the "package deal" when it came to having Multiple Sclerosis.

I had used the adversity in my own life to help not to give e up when things were also very upsetting and maybe even depressing.

To read more click on the link - coping with ms .

Can Focusing our Minds Help to Reduce MS Symptoms?

2009-06-04T04:49:00.000-07:00

MS mind and repairing ms damage

Can focusing our minds help to aid in reducing ms symptoms?

Our minds have an amazing ability to focus the energy from our bodies to enhance how well our bodies respond to what we instruct them to do. When we focus our minds on doing something specific, like taking a step, walking, standing up or even with reducing how we respond to ms stress, our bodies listen and respond to the brain's instructions that are sent to that part of the body.

This is why whenever a clinical trial or study is performed on a new technique or with testing a new prescription drug that the researchers and doctors alike are always trying to avoid the "placebo effect".

The "placebo effect" is where the power of suggestion is so strong to our minds that if we suggest that something can help our bodies to heal, repair or respond in a particular way that (even if a sugar tablet or sugar water is given in place of the drug or technique being tested) - many people will respond to the positive suggestion and improve -- sometimes in an amazing way -- even if they start out with a very severe health condition.

In most cases of Multiple Sclerosis, MS attacks and causes damage to the myelin sheath along the spinal cord or to the damage in different parts of the brain, that can result in MS scarring throughout the brain. The scarring that results in the majority of the cases of Multiple Sclerosis can be seen on ms mri test results, that are often used for diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis.

It is true, that from a neurological point of view, the scarring that often results in the majority of the cases of MultipleSclerosis can interfere with the brain being able to communicate with the rest of the body through the nerve signals being able to travel from the brain to throughout the body. This is a key problem with the majority of the cases of Multiple Sclo rosis.

But this is not related to much of what I am discussing here. What I am referring to about the amazing powers of the mind to help prompt the body to speed up the repair process throughout the body involves how we focus our minds more than the actual neurological function of the brain.

Click on the link to read more - ms mind .

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Taming Multiple Sclerosis or Taming MS: What can Help?

2009-05-31T08:29:00.000-07:00

Taming Multiple Sclerosis or Taming MS

Previously, the overall medical community thought that Multiple Sclerosis was untameable, since both the MS disease process an the causes of Multiple Sclerosis were not understood much at all. All that could be done at that point in time was to chase symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, in an attempt to bring some relief to those who suffered with Multiple Sclerosis.

But as ms research, but as more is being understood about both the MS disease process and about how to slow the progression of Multiple Sclerosis, more effectively, more things are coming to light about what may help more with taming Multiple Sclerosis and not just finding ways to reduce MS symptoms without addressing the underlying problems with Multiple Sclerosis that actually generate the symptoms of MS.

More is also being understood about how ms physical therapy and other types of ms therapies can help with taming ms by reducing the effects of MS on the body by retraining and reprogramming the body to function better again.

Physical therapy and other forms of ms therapies have been used more with MS patients over the last 10 years, and the positive results have been noticeable in the majority of cases of Multiple Sclerosis. These results give us a much more positive outlook on how well physical therapy and other ms therapies can help those of us diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis to recover more of our abilities to function.

The idea behind why this help those of us with MS to function better again is because doctors and ms researchers alike have been finding that the nerves throughout the brain and the rest of the body can be exercised more like a muscle can be exercised, more like a muscle than it was previously thought that this was even possible.

To read more click on the link - Taming Multiple Sclerosis.

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What MS Facts have been Discovered through Doing MS Research?

2009-05-29T08:46:00.000-07:00

ms facts or multiple sclerosis facts

Multiple Sclerosis is known as an autoimmune disorder where the body attacks itself, as if it is a foreign invader, which the body needs to defend itself against.

Sclerosis means scarring. Scarring is seen in the majority of the cases of MultipleSclerosis that are diagnosed each year. The scarring is seen as plaques or lesions on the test results from performing ms mri tests or magnetic resonance imaging tests on different parts of the body.

Diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis is done after performing mri tests, pin-prick tests, retinal scans, or a sample of spinal fluid is collected by doing a ms spinal tap and the sample is analyzed for certain protein markers that are characteristically present when the condition of Multiple Sclerosis is also present in the body.

Multiple Sclorosis is known to attack and often damage nerves throughout the central nervous system, throughout the body.

The majority of the scarring that is seen in most cases of Multiple Schlerosis is present on the spinal cord or through out the brain.

The myelin, a fatty tissue which surrounds, insulates and protects the nerves running throughout the spinal cord, is attacked and damaged in the majority of the cases of Multiple Scerosis.

Click on the link to read more -- ms facts .

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Which MS Symptoms are related to MS Nerve Damage?

2009-05-27T14:43:00.000-07:00

ms nerve damage

What is Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis is classified as an autoimmune disorder, where the body attacks itself as if it is a foreign invader that the body needs to defend itself against. Sclerosis is another name for the scarring that appears in the majority of the cases of MultipleSclerosis. The most common way of diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis is through ms mri tests or magnetic resonance imaging tests, where the person's whole body can be scanned to determine if there is scarring or demyelination on the spinal cord or throughout the brain.

Multiple Sclerosis nerve damage

Multiple Sclerosis attacks the nerves through out the body and scaring or demyelination results. In more severe cases of MS nerve damage can result. The more severe MS nerve damage becomes, the more this can reult in many more problems with severely reducing how well different parts of the body can functie body to functioon, often on a daily basis.

Based on what the doctors told me, after I was first diagnosed with a severe case of Multiple Sclerosis, the symptoms of ms nerve damage, which are often seen in more severe cases of MS, which can be signs of ms nerve damage being being present can include any of the following:

* foot drop or clonus - this describes the loss of control of one or both of your feet or a loss of nerve function in one or both of the feet (this can result in ms numbness, ms foot pain, ms nerve pain, and turning of the foot sideways whenever you try to take a step or stand with your feet flat on the floor or clonus).

* loss of muscle strength in the legs or feet - this can result in problems picking one or both feet or of either of the legs, loss of balance,

Click on the link to read more - ms nerve damage.

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Can Focusing our Minds Help those with MS?

2009-05-24T14:33:00.000-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis mind or Mind-Body techniques for MS??

Is this a good idea or just an imaginary idea?

Our minds have an amazing ability to focus the energy from our bodies to enhance how well our bodies respond to what we instruct them to do. When we focus our bodies on doing something specific, like taking a step, walking, standing up or even with reducing how we respond to ms stress, our bodies listen and respond to the brain's instructions that are sent to that part of the body.

This is why whenever a clinical trial or study is performed on a new technique or with testing a new prescription drug that the researchers and doctors alike are always trying to avoid the "placebo effect".

The "placebo effect" is where the power of suggestion is so strong to our minds that if we suggest that something can help our bodies to heal, repair or respond in a particular way that (even if a sugar tablet or sugar water is given in place of the drug or technique being tested) - many people will respond to the positive suggestion and improve -- sometimes in an amazing way -- even if they start out with a very severe health condition.

As the medical community is finding out more about the amazing abilities of the mind in reducing symptoms of different diseases, more of the doctors, who use complimentary medicine in their practices, are turning to using more mind focusing techniques or Mind-Body techniques to help reduce the ms symptoms that their MS patients are experiencing.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis mind

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What Helpful Information is available about Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-05-16T18:43:00.000-07:00

ms information or information ms

There is much more that is being learned and understood about Multiple Sclerosis, recently than there was just 20 years ago.

This has come about because of the broad range of areas that MS research has been directed towards, in an attempt to figure out the possible causes. Different areas are also being pursued as potential cures for multiple sclerosis at the same time.

Many more cases of Multiple Sclorosis have been appearing in more different countries around the world, than have been seen at any other time through out the world's history.

This has caused more alarm with the overall medical communities of the many countries around the world, where Multiple Schlerosis is appearing, where M S was not a problem previously.

MultipleSclerosis is appearing more as a major world wide problem, and unless something is found or discovered that can reduce the rate of increase of the ms incidence rate.

We are learning more about Mutiple Sclerosis, or more ms info about things like:

Click on the link to read more of this article -- information ms.

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Why are most cases of MS so Difficult to Diagnose?

2009-05-11T22:52:00.000-07:00

Progression of MS or Stages of MS

Most cases of Multiple Sclerosis start out very mild with symptoms that tend to come and go for over a period of 2 to 5 years before the MS symptoms become severe enough or consistent enough that the person whose body is under attack by Multiple Schlerosis realizes that something more drastic or more serious than a mild cold or a short-lived flu virus is going on that is tearing down their health and making them sicker, more often than other people that are around them.

Part of the reason that this tends to happen this way is that until the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis become severe enough -- such as the symptoms of ms insomnia, ms heat sensitivity, ms incontinence, ms vision problems, and several other of the long list of possible early symptoms that can be associated with many of the cases of MultipleSclerosis these symptoms are not so easy to recognize that they are associated together and caused by the autoimmune disorder called Multiple Sclerosis. It isn't until enough of the broad range symptoms of MultipleSclerosis appear more often on a more consistent basis that a pettern emerges that makes it easier to see that these are not just unassociated health problems that are occurring.

This is all so puzzling to doctors and patients alike because it is all too easy to mistake the mild MS symptoms initially for other conditions that are not considered chronic or as severe as the majority of Multiple Schlerosis cases can become. Once the mild Multiple Sclerosis symptoms become more noticeable and more regular in their appearance, this is often when the person battling with the mild symptoms of MS actually decides that they had better go to a doctor to help them figure out why they are feeling so exhausted, or just plain sick so much of the time.

Click on the link to read more -- diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis.

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What causes Spasms, Twitching and Tremors in MS?

2009-04-25T05:58:00.000-07:00

ms spasms, twitching multiple sclerosis, multiple sclerosis spasticity, ms tremors

What causes spasms, twitching and uncontrollable movements in those of us that who are given the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis?

There are a few possible causes that can account for these type of multiple sclerosis responses.

There are a few explanations by the medical community that can include:

* possible nerve damage - the more severe a ms spasm can is, there is a much higher possibility of there being multiple sclerosis nerve damage present, but this is not always the case in most cases of more extreme spasiticy in the majority of cases of Multiple Sclerosis.

reversing ms nerve damage can take time and effort and changing a few of our life style habits, including changing the ms diet, reducing ms stress, reducing ms fatigue, increasing ms exercise, adding ms juicing, adding taking ms vitamins, and getting more sunlight and getting rid of negative thinking and negative talk that we use to talk to ourselves and to others, and allowing ourselves to learn how to live life again.

* extreme ms vitamin deficiencies - the medical community is finding that many cases of MultipleSclerosis can result in vitamin deficiencies. More extreme vitamin deficiencies in magnesium and calcium have been found to increase the severity and the frequency of the appearance of muscle tightness, ms muscle spasms and muscle cramping in the average person, but for those of us with Multiple Sclorosis, magnesium and calciumis deficiencies can cause often much more severe problems with multiple sclerosis spasms, multiple sclerosis tremors, or ms spasticity.

Click on the link to read more - ms spasms.

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How does MS Affect the Nervous System?

2009-04-17T23:59:00.003-07:00

Multiple sclerosis nervous system

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, where the body attacks itself as if it is a foreign invader that it needs to defend itself against. MultipleSclerosis is known for attacking the central nervous system and causing scarring or lesions that can be seen on mri tests, which are used for determining if Multiple Sclorosis is the culprit for the set of symptoms that the patient is experiencing.

Multiple Sclerosis is most often seen to cause scarring or damage to the myelin sheath along the spinal cord or cause scarring or lesions through out the brain. The symptoms of Multiple Sc or MS can vary greatly because it depends on which part of the nervous system that is being targeted in each particular case of Multiple Schlerosis.

The ms scarring or ms lesions, which result because of present of M S in the body, can interfere in the transfer of the nerve signals from the brain to the other parts of the body. This can result in the nerve signals either being block or confused or it can result in the signal becoming more intermittent, where the nerve signal is only transmitted part of the time.

Since the brain is the master controller of the body, which sends instructions to different parts of the body to instruct the different parts of the body on how to function, the blocking or scrambling of the nerve signals or instructions sent from the brain can affect a huge amount of ways that the body functions on a regular basis. The effects on the ms brain can be mild to severe and can often result in more extreme MS symptoms, which can reduce how well the body functions.

There are many effects that Multiple Sclerosis has on the Multiple Sclerosis brain, that can affect what we can or can not do.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis nervous system

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MS Dating: Dating after Being Diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-04-16T22:25:00.000-07:00

Is ms dating possible, after being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis?

Can those of us that have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis ever date or develop a meaningful relationship again?

Click on the link to read more -- ms dating

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How does MS Affect how well our Brains Function?

2009-04-07T16:56:00.000-07:00

MS brain, MS cognitive and MS memory

Multiple Sclerosis is considered an autoimmune disorder, where the body becomes confused and attacks itself, as if it is a foreign invader that the body needs to defend itself against. M S is known for attacking the nerves, and especially the myelin sheath along the spinal cord and various parts of the brain.

Our bodies are at least 60% nerves and our brains are at least 80% nerves and because of this, MultipleSclerosis can affect many parts of our entire bodies. The myelin sheath, along the spinal cord and the brain are the 2 main areas of the body that Multiple Schlerosis often attacks. Multiple Sclorosis or multiple scarring can also be a result through out other nerves throughout the body, but the ms tests do not detect the other scarring throughout the body as well as it can be detected in the brain on the spinal cord.

MS scarring and ms nerve damage in the brain can result in a whole host of symptoms, that can affect how well we function on an intermittent basis or on a more consistent, daily basis.

MS scarring can result in brain function problems that can affect many ways that our bodies can function. A general term that includes many of the problems that our brains can experience i s called cognitive brain function.

Click on the link to read more - ms brain function.

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How does MS affect memory?

2009-03-28T23:15:00.001-07:00

Multiple Sclerosis and memory problems can become very unsettling as they become more severe. But how and why does this happen?

Because Multiple Sclerosis is known to attack nerves and especially the spinal cord and the brain, which is composed of 80% nerve cells, MS can affect memory in a few different ways.

Click on the link to read more -- ms memory loss.

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What Tests Are Used To Diagnose Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-03-26T22:59:00.000-07:00

Although there are tests that can be performed to help diagnose Multiple Sclerosis, it is not necessarily an easy task, when it comes to actually diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis.

Since Multiple Sclerosis can include any combination of a broad range of symptoms, it can sometimes be difficult for doctors to determine if a person has Multiple Sclerosis or some other disease or type of condition that can cause the symptoms that the patient is experiencing.

Tests can be performed to determine if Multiple Sclerosis is present.

Click on the link to read more -- diagnose Multiple Sclerosis

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What are the Effects of Multiple Sclerosis on the Immune System?

2009-03-24T23:44:00.000-07:00

Immune system multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis attacks nerves or nerve cells throughout out bodies. MultipleSclerosis is known for attacking and causing damage to the myelin sheath that surround, protect and insulate the spinal cord. M S also tends to attack the brain, and in particular the Blood Brain Barrier, which surrounds and protects the brain. Most cases of Multiple Sclorosis tend to result in damage to the nerve cells thorough out the body, which usually results in scarring after each ms attack, ms exacerbation or ms relapse.

Muliple Sclerosis also weakens the immune system, setting us up to end up with frequent infections more often that are difficult for our bodies to fight back against. Just about any kind of infection appears to become a possibility for those with MS, but there are certain types of infections that are seen more often in those with Multiple Sclerosis.

Click on the link to learn more - multiple sclerosis immune system.

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Can dietary changes help those with MS to find relief to their symptoms of MS?

2009-03-23T22:20:00.000-07:00

Ms Diet or Diet and Multiple Sclerosis

There are a few diets that recommended for those of us with Multiple Sclerosis, which may help in reducing the severity and frequency of MS. Since not every case of MultipleSclerosis is the same or even as similar as you think it would be.

Dietary changes have been used with MS patients, in some cases for 10 to 20 years with some success being noted for helping to reduce the symptoms of MS. It has also been documented, in many cases that certain dietary changes can help to reduce the number of ms relapses, ms exacerbations, or ms attacks. Which are experienced by those that have been given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis.

What Diets are there for Helping to Reduce MS Symptoms?

The main diets that are being used for those given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis are as follows:

MS Swank diet
Best Bet diet for ms

What are the Effects of Multiple Sclerosis on the Immune System?

2009-03-21T22:22:00.000-07:00

Immune system multiple sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis attacks nerves or nerve cells throughout out bodies. MultipleSclerosis is known for attacking and causing damage to the myelin sheath that surround, protect and insulate the spinal cord. M S also tends to attack the brain, and in particular the Blood Brain Barrier, which surrounds and protects the brain. Most cases of Multiple Sclorosis tend to result in damage to the nerve cells thorough out the body.

Muliple Sclerosis also weakens the immune system, setting us up to end up with frequent infections more often that are difficult for our bodies to fight back against. Just about any kind of infection appears to become a possibility for those with MS, but there are certain types of infections that are seen more often in those with Multiple Sclerosis.

It is way too easy for those of us with Multiple S or Multiple Sclerose to have a problem with having one infection after the other, sometime for 3 to 6 months straight because of Multiple Sclerosis immune system being weakened, our immune systems do not respond as they should. Our immune systems can become so much weaker after just one infection that it takes too long for our bodies to recover after an infection.

Click on the link to read more -- Multiple Sclerosis immunity.

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What are Relapses, Exacerbations and Attacks in MS?

2009-03-18T22:31:00.000-07:00

ms relapses, ms exacerbations, ms attacks

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, where the body attacks itself, as if it is a foreign invader. The majority of what is attacked and damaged is ms nerves or ms neurons. The attacks, relapses or exacerbations are all different words for describing what it is called during the periods of time where the body is under attack by whatever is the cause of Multiple Sclerosis.

MS exacerbations, relapses and attacks are pretty much different names for describing the same thing. Basically ms relapses, attacks and exacerbations are where the myelin sheath on the spinal cord, the Blood Brain Barrier or other nerves throughout the body are damaged, degrading the nerves that are attacked and resulting in scarring in place of the damaged nerve cells.

The result of the ms relapses cause our bodies to show function less than it could before the relapse occurred. The relapses are often followed by some recovery from the loss of function during the relapses, where the body appears to go into remission. MS research is helping us to understand more of the effect of Multiple Sclerosis on the body with relapses being followed by partial or maybe even full recovery of what was lost during the attack.

Triggers to MS relapses. exacerbations and attacks are:

Click on the link to read more - reducing ms relapses.

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MS Stress: Can Reducing Stress Help increase MS Stem Cells?

2009-03-17T06:27:00.000-07:00

Finding ways to reduce our MS stress for those of us who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis does more for reducing our Multiple Sclerosis symptoms than researchers and doctors alike really knew or understood before.

Reducing stress levels, after we are diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis can definitely help reduce the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, but did you know that reducing stress can actually help to increase the number of stem cells that our immune system produces to help repair damage to the immune system?

This can actually decrease the demyelination of the spinal cord and the brain by helping to reduce MS exacerbations, relapses or attacks and by boosting the body's own defenses by the immune system, when it comes to being able to fight off infections.

The MS research has been showing much more that when we find ways to reduce the stress that we are over reacting to that this helps to calm down our over reactive nervous systems. On top of this, reducing how stressed out we feel can actually help the body to relax and rest, which will stimulate stem cells to be produced in our bodies. These stem cells help to repair the damage to the myelin sheath, which insulates and protects the spinal cord, in addition to helping to repair the Blood Brain Barrier, which surrounds and protects the brain.

Click on the link to read more -- reduce MS Stress.

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What are the possible causes of MS?

2009-03-13T21:41:00.000-07:00

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Stress MS: Reducing Stress with Multiple Sclerosis Helps Reduce MS Attacks and MS Symptoms

2009-03-08T23:05:00.000-07:00

Finding ways to reduce MS stress for those of us that have the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis does more for reducing our MS symptoms than researchers and doctors alike ever knew before.

When those of us with stressing out over things in our lives, this just adds to making our Multiple Sclerosis symptoms worse. Our over reactions to stress can actually set up our systems for a MS attack, exacerbation or a MS relapse to occur more often.

MS research is revealing so much more about how our over reactions to stress, for those of us with Multiple Sclerosis, can actually stimulate MS demyelination of our spinal cords and maybe even our brains, which can result in more frequent and more severe relapses of our Multiple Sclerosis symptoms.

Finding ways to reduce MS stress helps to calm down our over reactive nervous systems, which often is a result of Multiple Sclerosis. Reducing how stressed out we feel can actually help the body and finding ways to relax and rest can actually stimulate stem cells to be produced in our bodies.

This is a way for our bodies to start to repair the damage to the myelin sheath, which insulates and protects the spinal cord, in addition to starting to help to repair the Blood Brain Barrier, which surrounds and protects the brain.

I have tried many different ways to reduce the Stress that I have been feeling sometimes too much of the time, to reduce the effects of stress on my nervous system and help to reduce my MS attacks, that have been multiplied in how often they appear and it has been more difficult for me to find anything that appears to work for me.

But I finally found a form of meditation that actually works for reducing MS stress and it doesn't require spending hours to learn how to do it and it is so easy to do too!

Click on the link to find out how you can get a FREE demo CD to see how it works for you for reducing the effects of stress with MS -- reducing MS stress **

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What causes Multiple Sclerosis?

2009-03-06T10:23:00.000-08:00

What causes ms?

Multiple Sclerosis is considered by the medical community to be an autoimmune disorder, where the body becomes confused in some way to where it attacks itself, as if it is a foreign invader, that the body needs to defend itself against.

MultipleSclerosis is a term that covers a broad range of symptoms that are not usually the same set of symptoms from one case of Multiple Sclorosis or M S to the next.Since there appears not to be any 2 cases of Multiple S or Multiple Schlerosis exactly alike, there is a broad range of what is suspected to be potential causes for multiple sclerosis.MS causes can vary as much as the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis do themselves.

Since the disease process of Multiple Sclerosis is not well understood by the medical community, the most current Multiple Sclerosis research, which is being done to work towards a cure for MS, includes going many different directions at the same time, in the hopes that a cure will be found.

Click on the link to read more -- causes of Multiple Sclerosis.

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MS Stress: How can Stress-related Emotions Affect MS?

2009-03-03T23:51:00.000-08:00

To those of us diagnosed with MS stress plays a major role in causing more severe and more frequent MS attacks, exacerbations and relapses.

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune response, where the body attacks itself, resulting in damage to the myelin sheath, along the spinal cord or possibly even damage to the Blood Brain Barrier or BBB that surrounds and protects the brain. This can result in damage to either the mylein sheath or to the MS brain, which results in MS scarring or MS palques that results, that can be seen on MS mri test results.

A wide range of MS symptoms can result, which can vary from mild to more severe in intensity and frequency. Most cases of Multiple Sclerosis are characterized by MS exacerbations or MS relapses, which are often followed by MS remissions. During the periods of remission, the body is repairing the damage to the myelin sheath or to the brain.

MS research is revealing more about how the body works to repair damage to the myelin sheath and the BBB (blood brain barrier). MS stress adds to how severe and how often the relapses and exacerbations can become. If we can find a way to reduce our over reactions to stress, MS research is finding that this not only reduces our MS symptoms, this can acually help our bodies to start to produce more of the ms stem cells that can help to start to repair damage to the myelin sheath.

I have found that with my own case of Multiple Sclerosis, that the more I stress out about anything, the more this causes my nervous system to short circuit, making my symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis go totally crazy. I have tried many things, in an effort to find ways to reduce my reactions to stress. It has taken me a few years to find anything that really helps to relax my body and reset where my brain defines what is stress and what is not stress.

I have tried many kinds of meditation and many of them helped with reducing some of my Multiple Sclerosis symptoms, but not enough to make a big enough difference in how severe my symptoms often became. Within the last 2 years, I finally found a type of meditation that helps so much more with reducing my often extreme levels of MS stress that I sometimes feel all too often. This type of meditation also helps with reducing my stress-related emotions that actually cause my MS symptoms to become so much worse, that they would be otherwise.

If done consistently over a period of a few months, this type of meditation helps to retrain the brain to redefine what it considers to be stress. This really works for helping to calm down the over reactions of my MS nerve function problems.

Click on the link to find out more about a type of medition that works for -- reducing MS stress **

** This is a link to a site where when people go to this site and purchase, we receive a small referral fee. The only reason we are recommending this product is that we have found that it has helped us greatly in reducing our levels of stress and help to reduce the severity and frquency of Multiple Sclerosis through reducing the MS relapses to a much larger degree than any other meditation program that we have used before.

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What Treatments are Used for Reducing MS Symptoms?

2009-03-01T00:41:00.000-08:00

Treat Multiple Sclerosis

The cause of Multiple Sclerosis is not well understood and the number of cases of Multiple Sclorosis, which are being diagnosed are on the increase, as more and more cases of the Multiple Sclerosis are appearing in many more countries around the world.

In response to this disturbing trend, the medical communities around the world are making more of an effort to work together to focus their efforts in their search for a cure to Multiple Sclerosis. In an attempt to slow the progression of MS and to speed up the process in finding some type of solution to the problem, the MS research is heading in several different directions at the same time.

More doctors are turning to alternative medicine or complimentary medicine in an attempt to find something that can help to bring relief to the MS symptoms that their patients are suffering from. Complimentary medicine includes the use of prescription drugs as a Multiple Sclerosis treatment, combined with using other ways to aid in reducing the often severe symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis.

Click on the link to read more -- treat multiple sclerosis.

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How important is it for those with MS to Find Social Connections?

2009-02-26T23:28:00.000-08:00

MS support and MS social connections

How important is it for those with M S to Find Social Connections?

As our MS symptoms become worse, and our degree of ms disability increases, is it even a reasonable idea that we can find social connections?

Is the effort worth finding social connections after we have been given the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis?

The answer is -- Yes.

It is not only worth it for those of us that have been given the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis to go to whatever efforts we need to for us to be able to make new social connections with the world around us -- it is vital for us to find a way for us to maintain or even forge new social connection with other people around us.

For us to at least survive or possibly even thrive, while we are going through all of the ups and downs that Multiple Sclerosis has inflicted on our bodies and has brought into our lives, we definitely have to find a way to make social connections -- with both those that have M S and those that do not.

We need to do this for several reasons.

Click on the link to read more -- ms support.

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MS Memory: Remembering Good Memories about Ourselves

2009-02-23T12:56:00.000-08:00

MS Memory

Think of something that happened in your life to you that is a funny memory – something that reminds you about an experience that you had, before Multiple Sclerosis entered your life. Ask your friends to remind you of the a funny memory that you shared with them in the past about yourself. Reminiscing about the good times or about the good memories in your life does help to relieve the stress that we can feel sometimes from how MS memory problems can reduce how well our memories can work.

Even if you have problems remembering what you are doing or what happened to you last week or what someone said to you recently, you still can remember something about yourself. You are still you. That hasn't changed.

How do I know this, because I have been there too. I have battled with more severe MS memory problems off and on, since I was given the Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis. It is not easy when you could remember things before MS, but now you can not remember.

Let me give you an example of what I am talking about. I have a funny story that has to do with me and my good memory before MultipleSclerosis entered my life.

Click on the link to read more -- MS memory.