Multiple Sclerosis: Treatments

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Treatment Overview

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    Treatment can make living with multiple sclerosis (MS) easier. Your type of treatment will depend on the severity of your symptoms and whether your disease is active or in remission.

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  • Should I have disease-modifying therapy for multiple sclerosis?

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that can cause problems with muscle control and strength, balance, vision, and sensation (such as numbness or tingling in your feet or hands).

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  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Home Treatment

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    If you have multiple sclerosis (MS), it is important to find ways of coping with the practical and emotional demands of the disease. These are different for everyone, so home treatment varies from person to person.

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  • Multiple sclerosis: Rehabilitation programs

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    When you have multiple sclerosis (MS), you may have certain physical and cognitive challenges. Rehabilitation—including physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and cognitive retraining—may help reduce these disabi

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  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - When To Call a Doctor

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    Some of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) are similar to those of many other illnesses. See your doctor if over a period of time you have more than one symptom, such as:

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  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Medications

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    Medications for multiple sclerosis (MS) may be used:

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  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Surgery

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who have severe tremor (shakiness) affecting movement may be helped by surgery. People with severe spasticity (muscle stiffness) may be helped by insertion of a spinal pump to deliver medication

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  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - Other Treatment

    02/28/08, Healthwise

    The unpredictability and variety of symptoms caused by multiple sclerosis (MS) make it a disease that people have tried to treat in many different ways.

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