The Multiple Sclerosis Companion: Answers to the Most Frequently Asked Questions from People with MS

The book provides competent assistance to all those affected by Multiple Sclerosis to better understand the disease and educates them about current diagnostic methods and treatment approaches. With independent information, the guidebook provides the key to a self-determined life with the disease. Complex medical facts such as the malfunctioning immune system or MRI findings are explained in understandable words and accompanying drawings. This companion also raises awareness beyond conventional medicine to take into account important influencing environmental factors.

The author provides answers to the many questions that are asked again and again in the doctors' practices and cannot always be answered to this extent and with this clarity due to time restrictions. For this reason, it is a highly helpful tool to both MS practitioner and patient.

The book is structured as follows:

What is MS? - How the central nervous system is structured - What happens when the nervous system is misdirected - MS relapse and typical symptoms - The path to diagnosis - An excursion into our immune system - The MRI findings - Why lumbar puncture - What to do during an MS relapse - I'm fine, why therapy? - MS and the desire to have children - What can I do myself: Nutrition, Vitamin D, intestine and microbiome.

Author: Anke Friedrich
Publisher: Springer
Published: 11/22/2023
Pages: 230
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
ISBN13: 9783662675397
ISBN10: 3662675390
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Neurology
- Medical | Internal Medicine
- Medical | Biochemistry