There are many, many types of CAM therapy that may be used by people with MS, most of which we cannot consider in detail here. Furthermore the popularity of such therapies in MS can change very rapidly, with new therapies or new variations of previously available therapies regularly appearing, and the use of others decreasing […]
Finding a competent practitioner for a complementary therapy is not always easy. There is little statutory regulation for qualifications or practice for most of the therapies and therapists. However, the best ways of finding a practitioner are through: • an MS resource or therapy centre, where often other people with MS and staff in the […]
When there is no current scientifically accepted cure for a disease, people understandably want to try other means of management. Many people over the last 30 or 40 years have claimed that they have the answer to MS, but the difficult problem for all such potential therapies is to find out whether there really is […]
Many people with MS will need professional support services and assistance at some time, to manage the changes in their lifestyles, and to monitor effects of any new drugs. Depending on the precise nature of your MS and its effects, such services may include nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, psychological assessment and support, counselling […]
Repairing the damage One of the reasons why MS is such a difficult disease to cure is that, once the CNS has been damaged, it would involve major repair of the often severe structural damage. Any further process of damage would have to be prevented as well as the previous structural damage being repaired. However, […]
There are almost as many different forms of Multiple Sclerosis as there are people with the disease. Each person with MS has a slightly different clinical (and symptom) profile; the precise course that any one person’s Multiple Sclerosis will take is not as predictable with the kind of detail that many people with the condition […]
Damage to your nerves Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS); it damages the protective coating around the nerve fibres (Figure 1.1) which transmit messages to all parts of your body, especially those controlling muscular and sensory activity. It is thought to be an ‘autoimmune disease’: this is where your body’s own […]
