MS Awareness Month: Adapting to Life with MS

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March is MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Awareness Month.  If you are living with MS, and would like to help us share experiences of people living with MS around the globe, email us a short video of you sharing how you have made adaptions in your life with MS.  Whether it is adaptive equipment for safety and quality of life, adaptions in your career, parenting, home life, socializing, progression, medications, relationships, scheduling your time around symptoms, or anything you want to share!  Email them to us: msandmeradio@gmail.com.  Your video may be featured on our website or social media to spread awareness during the month of March.

An estimated 2,500,000 people in the world have multiple sclerosis. Research suggests the proportion of women with MS is increasing and that roughly between two and three women have MS for every man with the condition.

The distribution of MS around the world is uneven. Generally, the prevalence increases as you travel further north or south from the equator. Those parts of Asia, Africa and America that lie on the equator have extremely low levels of MS, while Canada and Scotland have particularly high rates.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system).

In MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin) that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of your body. Eventually, the disease can cause permanent damage or deterioration of the nerves.

Signs and symptoms of MS vary widely and depend on the amount of nerve damage and which nerves are affected. Some people with severe MS may lose the ability to walk independently or at all, while others may experience long periods of remission without any new symptoms.

There’s no cure for multiple sclerosis. However, treatments can help speed recovery from attacks, modify the course of the disease and manage symptoms.