Bio Investigatory Project of Class 12
Bio Investigatory Project of Class 12
Bio Investigatory Project of Class 12
Multiple Sclerosis
Primary MS Symptoms:
These come from ongoing damage to your myelin.
They aren’t pleasant, but your MS treatmentteam can
help you keep most of them under control
with medication, rehabilitation, and other tactics. The
most common symptoms are:
Bladder and bowel problems:
You may have to pee more often, need to go at
night, or have trouble emptying your bladder fully.
Bowel issues like constipation are also common.
Clumsiness or lack of coordination: MS can make
it hard to get around. You might have:
1. Trouble walking
2. A hard time keeping your balance
3. Changes in your gait
Dizziness:
You may feel lightheaded. You probably
won't have vertigo, that feeling that the room is
spinning.
Secondary Symptoms:
These are problems created by your primary MS
symptoms, not by damaged myelin.
Not being able to empty your bladder can lead
to a bladder infection.
If you have trouble walking and are often
fatigued, you’re likely to become less active.
That can take a toll on your muscle tone, make
your breathingshallow, and even affect
your bone density.
Doctors can treat secondary symptoms, but the goal
is to avoid them by treating the primary symptoms.
Tertiary Symptoms:
These are the social, psychological, and job-related
problems of life with MS.
If MS makes it hard for you to walk or drive,
you may not be able to do your job well.
Because it’s tough to get around and hard to
talk to people about what life with a chronic
disease is like, you may not be as social as
you once were.
You could get depressed. It’s a by-product of
the changes MS makes in your brain and in
your life.
Because MS varies so much, it's best not to
compare yourself with other people who have it.
Your experience is likely to be different. Most people
learn to manage their symptoms and can keep
leading full, active lives.
Diagnosis
There are no specific tests for MS. Instead, a
diagnosis of multiple sclerosis often relies on ruling
out other conditions that might produce similar
signs and symptoms, known as a differential
diagnosis.
MS – Multiple Sclerosis