It’s been called an invisible or silent disease – the symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis are not always obvious, but the disease can cut short the life ambitions of young, economically active people – however, earlier diagnosis and better access to treatment can offer better quality of life to those affected by a disease for which there is no cure.

This year’s World Brain Day on 22 July is themed “Stop Multiple Sclerosis”, aiming to raise awareness of the debilitating neurological disease that impacts every aspect of a person’s life, with effects ranging from cognitive impairment to severe physical disability.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease, one of the most common diseases of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) and affects more than 2.8 million people of all ages around the world, approximately 36 in 100 000 people. Although the prevalence of MS in South Africa has not been sufficiently researched, the MS World Atlas 2020 estimates it at 8 per 100 000 people.

Pretoria neurologist Dr Chris Retief, who co-authored the South African guidelines for diagnosis and management of MS, said the disease afflicts predominantly young, economically active people, with 32 the average age of diagnosis globally. It is the most important cause of neurological disability in people under the age of 60.

The Neurological Association of South Africa (NASA) is collaborating with the World Federation of Neurology (WFN) and the MS International Federation (MSIF) on Brain Day 2021, aiming to raise awareness so that MS can be diagnosed earlier, promoting better access to life-changing treatments, and advocating for improved quality of life for those living with MS and their caregivers.

“Every five minutes, someone somewhere in the world, receives the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, so the urgency of this matter could not be more apparent,” said Prof Tissa Wijeratne, the World Brain Day chair and Director of the Neuroscience Research Unit at Western Hospital in Melbourne, Australia.

“More than 2.8 million people of all ages live with multiple sclerosis around the world, and every one of those people has a story, friends, family and dreams,” says WFN President Prof William Carroll. “Our goal is to raise awareness of multiple sclerosis and its impact on the individuals who live with it, their loved ones and society to improve access to quality neurological care and life-changing treatments.”

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

Multiple sclerosis is characterised by inflammation and damage to myelin, the coating that insulates and protects the nerves. MS inflammation involves the brain, spinal cord and optic nerves. This inflammation typically results in episodes of neurological disability (called relapses), including visual loss, incoordination, walking impairment, paralysis of a limb, loss of sensation, loss of control of the bladder and also impairment of mental functions. Cognitive or mental impairment includes difficulties in thinking, concentration and memory.

The inflammation may also be mild but ongoing, resulting in mild unrecognized relapses, or silent gradual deterioration.

MS also includes an assortment of “invisible” symptoms including fatigue, pain, cognitive and emotional issues.

The precise trigger of inflammation is unknown, although research clearly implicates abnormal behavior of B-lymphocytes. Epstein Barr Virus, (commonly known as the cause of glandular fever), is strongly suspected to trigger the MS immune cascade, especially if contracted after childhood.

Why is it so bad?

Dr Retief further explains: “Relapses are characteristic of the initial or early phase of the disease. Treatment of a relapse consists of high dose steroids administered through a drip over a few days. Initially the relapses actually resolve quite well, perhaps giving one a false sense of security that the disease can easily be kept under control with only steroids.”

MS (Multiple Sclerosis) in Ethiopia
MS is an autoimune ......
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አቡበከር ቃሲም እባላለሁ፣ ከ MS ህመም ጋር ከ 6 አመት በላይ
ኖሬያለሁ፣በበሽታው ምክንያት በ አዲስ አበባ ዩኒቨርስቲ የ 3 ኛ
አመት ኤሌክትሪካል ኢንጅነሪንግ ትምህርቴን ማቋረጥን ተገድጃለሁ፤
በሽታው በአፍሪካና በምድር ወገብ ዙሪያ በሚገኙ ሀገራት ላይ
የመከሰቱ እድል አናሳ ነው፤በሽታው ከተከሰተ እንደ አውሮፓዊያን
አቆጣጠር 1868 ጀምሮ በባለሙያዎች ብዙ ጥረት ቢደረግም ፍቱን
መድሀኒቱ አልተገኘለትም ፤ነገርግን ለበሽታው ህክምና የሚውሉ
መድሀኒቶች ይሰጣሉ፤ እኔ እና የማህበሩ አባላት ረጅም ግዜ
ቢፈጅብንም እስከ 38 የሚደርሱ MS ህሙማንን ማግኘት ችለናል ፤
እንዲሁም"የ መልቲፕል ስክሎሮሲስ ህሙማን መርጃ በጎ አድራጎት
ማህበር"ን መስርተናል፤ ከመሰረትንበትም አላማዎች ውሰጥ እነዚህ
ይጠቀሳሉ:―
―ከጤና ባለሙያዎች ጋር በመተባበር ስለ በሽታው ግንዛቤን ማስፋት
፤
―ለ MS ተጠቂዎች የአቅምና የስነ ልቦና ድጋፍ ማድረግ፤
―ከባለሙያዎች ጋር በመተባበር ስለ MS የቆመ የ ፊዝዮቴራፒ
ማዕከልን መክፈት፤እንዲሁም
―ለ MS ህሙማን የህክምና ድጋፍ ማድረግ፤ይገኙበታል።
ነገርግን ለህክምና የሚውሉ መድሀኒቶች ሀገራችን ውስጥ አለመኖሩ
እና ከሌላም ሀገር ለማስመጣት ዋጋቸው ውድ በመሆኑ እኔ እና
ማህበራችን ውስጥ የምንገኝ አባላት በበቂ ሁኔታ ህክምናውን
መከታተል አልቻልንም፣ከህክምናው በተጨማሪ አሰፈላጊ በሆኑ
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እባካችሁ ሰዎች በዚህ ሊንክ ገብታችሁ ቮት አርጉኝ የናንተ ድምፅ ለእኔ ትልቅ ሽልማት ያስገኝልኛል ውድድሩ አለም አቀፍ ነው

Multiple Sclerosis(MS):-

MS ማለት በ central nervous system (የ አንጎል እና የጀርባ አጥንት ቁርኝት) የሚከሰት የበሽታ አይነት ነው። "central nervous system" myelin sheath በተባለ የ ፕሮቲን ውህድ የተሸፈነ ነው (እንደ ኤሌክትሪክ ገመድ)።
   
Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Auto immune disease ሲሆን  ይህ ማለት,የበሽታ ተከላካይ ሀይላችን የራሱን፣ንፁሁን የሰውነታችንን አካል ሲያጠቁ የሚከሰት በሸታ ነው።

በዚህ መልኩ ከአንጎላችን ወደ አካላችን የሚተላለፉ መልእክቶች በአግባቡ አለመድረስ ወይም ሙሉ ለሙሉ  አለመድረስን ያስከትላል።

   የ MS መንስኤ በግልፅ ባይታወቅም የተለያዩ የህክምና ባለሙያዎች ግምታቸውን
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ዋና ዋና የ MS ምልክቶች ውስጥ
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