If you are suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) then traditional treatment methods are not going to be enough for you. It is a serious debilitating disease where simply treating the symptoms is not going to get you better. This is not a condition where popping a pill daily will help. What you need is in-depth help to start leading a normal life again. Treatment of multiple sclerosis involves going straight into the root of the problem and then treat patients with state of the art scientific methods like functional medicine and clinical nutrition.
Studies conducted on the disease show that over 350,000 people are affected by this disease in the US. It is more prevalent in Caucasians between the age group of 20-50 years but children and the elderly have also been known to be affected. Women are more likely to get this disease. A staggering thought.
Before we go in for treatment for MS – a look at what multiple sclerosis means.
Multiple sclerosis is a kind of autoimmune disease that adversely affects the central nervous system. This includes yourspinal cord, brain and optic nerves. Let’s see what exactly happens.
Our nerves are covered or insulated by a substance called Myelin which is important for maintaining nerve health as well as proper nerve impulses and functioning. Multiple sclerosis causes demyelination. Chronic inflammation causes myelin to scar and erode away leaving the nerves exposed to damage. As a result the electrical impulses that travel along the nerves begin to decelerate leading to progressive interference of important body functions which are controlled by the central nervous system. These include talking and writing, seeing and walking and eventually even memory. In short, life can come to a complete standstill if it is not handled properly. It may not be fatal but it can harm normal living which in turn can have serious psychological repercussions. It is interspersed with acute attacks and partial remissions when treated with traditional medicines.
Preventing further degeneration is the key function of select MS treatment.This damage is not reversible but with focused treatment you can slow down the process and lead a normal life. The focus is on treating the attacks and modifying the course of the disease so that the patient can lead and normal and stress free life.
Symptoms
Impaired muscle functions –
- Inability to walk
- Tremor, tingling or pain in parts of the body
- Numbness or weakness in limbs
- Loss of balance
- Muscle spasms
- Motor coordination and movement problems
Vision Problems –
- Double vision
- Discomfort and blurring of vision
- Partial or complete loss of vision
- Pain during eye movements
- Uncontrollable rapid eye movements
Other symptoms –
- Electric-shock sensations when head is moved
- Fatigue
- Dizziness
- Constipation
- Urination difficulty and lack of control
- Facial pain
- Memory loss
- Reasoning problems
- Depression
- Hearing loss
- Sexual dysfunction
- Slurred speech
Treatment of multiple sclerosis
Now that you have a fair idea of how the disease seeps into the system and debilitates it, you will want treatment that doesn’t stop at dealing with just the symptoms but the goes into the root of the problem. Effective treatment for MS includes in-depth study of medical history, a neurological examination,and laboratory testing which includes thorough physical as well as nutritional analysis. This is done to determine what is going on in the immune system and to check the nutrient status.Immune panels that are done by private labs will be ordered to figure out what is causing the imbalance in the immune system and which part is dominant. Identifying the cause of the inflammation is very important as this is intrinsically linked to the patient’simmune system.
Treatment of multiple sclerosisis geared toward balancing the immune system using cutting edge protocols. Chiropractic neurological adjustments are made to enhance brain and spinal cord communication. This is imperative in order to help the brain create new pathways and enable proper communication in the central nervous system. It is a therapeutic process which focuses on lowering the discomfort and lessening the occurrence of attacks so that the patient can lead a normal and functional life.
Written by: +Tony Salamay
