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Multiple Sclerosis, Michelle Summers
Multiple Sclerosis, Michelle Summers
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, progressive, inflammatory auto-immune disease hallmarked by demyelination and subsequent plaque formation throughout the central nervous system (CNS)(Balto et al., 2017). MS has no one known cause for development, but genetic, environmental, viral, and lifestyle risk factors have all been found to contribute (Zostawa, Adamczyk, Sowa, & Adamczyk-Sowa, 2017). The disease can present with numbness, tingling, pain, progressive weakness, loss of continence, visual problems, and muscle spasms. Though there is currently no cure, 15 disease management treatments are currently available to preserve function, and to prevent exacerbations (Reich et al., 2018). This poster further delves …
Multiple Sclerosis, Kyle Smith
Multiple Sclerosis, Kyle Smith
Nursing Student Class Projects (Formerly MSN)
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and progressive central nervous system (CNS) disease with a largely unknown etiology. It is an autoimmune demyelinating disorder that causes inflammation and scarring on the myelin sheaths of neuronal axons. Because it affects the CNS, it has many debilitating signs and symptoms that involve the sensory, motor, cognitive, and autonomic systems (Capriotti, Noel, & Brissenden, 2018).