Multiple sclerosis: symptoms and early causes

The prevalence in our country is 0.11% of the total population, i.e. about 55,000 patients. Three new cases are diagnosed in Spain every day.

Women are more likely to suffer from it.

In fact, according to data from Novartis Pharmaceutical Company, Three out of four patients are women. more than The diagnosis is made between the ages of 20 and 40 years.

We are talking about the disease that is the main cause of inability Painless in young people.

Symptoms of multiple sclerosis

The main symptoms of multiple sclerosis are:

• Inflammation of the central nervous system.

• Double vision.

• Sensory loss.

• Weakness in the limbs.

• exhaustion.

• Difficulty walking.

• Loss of bladder and bowel control.

• Cognitive dysfunction.

We are dealing with a complex disease, in which 74.4% of patients suffer from the relapsing form of the disease.

next to, 70% of people with MS are unable to perform daily activities 15 years after diagnosis. This means that on average, 1,000 workers leave the labor market prematurely each year.

The latest treatments for multiple sclerosis

Unfortunately, Multiple sclerosis has no cure.

However, as described in this portal Dr. Bertha Sebastianfrom the hospital emergency unit University student Miguel Servet from Zaragoza:

• “We’re in a good time now because There are more than fifteen medications Certified and available in Spain.

they Drugs intended to “control outbreaks” and brain injuries Related to multiple sclerosis which can be seen through MRI tests.

One of the newest drugs to hit the market is… Ocrelizumab, And Monogenic antibodies and humanized anti-CD2, which has been available since 2018.

• It is a medicine given in it Concentrated solution for intravenous infusion only twice a yearand significantly reduces the incidence of disease outbreaks.

Innovative presentations to make life easier

Other similar medicines A completely innovative presentation method, as it is in the form of a pen to facilitate the injection processWhich the patient can do himself at home. It is taken only once a month.

• “It improves treatment management and makes it more comfortable for patients because they do not have to spend a long morning in the hospital,” the specialist points out.

But unfortunately these medications They do not slow the progression of multiple sclerosis.

Its mission is to control the emergence of disease outbreaks (which can last even for weeks), which can cause Instability, bladder problems, poor touch, and even double vision.

These are medications calledDisease ratesBecause it “modifies the natural progression of the disease.”

• “As treatments have been on the market, they have become available Significant reduction in brain damageThus, the prognosis of patients improved significantly.

• The number of people who eventually end up using wheelchairs within 15 years of diagnosis has decreased significantly In the last years”.

It is a chronic, lifelong disease, and a treatment that slows the disease, which ends with irreversible disability, is still under research.

Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and life expectancy

Although the quality of life of MS patients deteriorates as the disease progresses, Most people will have a life expectancy similar to the average.

Experts believe so Longevity may be about seven years shorter, but not for the same diseaseBut for complications or diseases caused by multiple sclerosis.

“They have very low hope, Except for those whose disability has accumulated “And they are more at risk of other problems caused by the disease.”

The most common comorbidities in this type of patient are:

• Hypertension arterial

• Dyslipidemia (high blood fat concentration)

• Chronic lung disease

• Anxiety disorders And depression