Ms attack
The phone rang early in the afternoon. It was one of my friends. She was in panic. "Mary, I can not get up, I have no balance and can not go. What's wrong?" With multiple sclerosis symptoms and with my friend that I knew she lived with a flare-up/relapse.
If a relapse occurs, it is difficult to know oneself, to speak out loud what. Common problems are walking and blurred vision, lack of balance and overwhelming fatigue. All these symptoms are a red flag as MS are knocking at the door.
The action step is to call your neurologist and he / she will probably also prescribe steroids. While steroid therapy is very effective for MS, unfortunately, leads to a devastating effect on everything else in the body of a MS person. It is quite common, a course of steroids sleep disorders. Food does not taste good, despite an incredible appetite. Often there is a funny, metallic taste, along with sores in the mouth of the patient. For some people, their stomachs full of ruins. There are major mood swings, much worse than the menopause. Emotions run rampant, and the tears come into being impaired. Perhaps the biggest complaint weight gain. But as steroids and MS symptoms have subsided kick, the patient may have a feeling that can jump tall buildings in a sentence. You can go better. Their vision is better. Balance and Coordination are not so challenged. An MS-person, the whole attitude towards life has improved considerably. Just want to say that my mother is a medicine for what ails you well.
Knowledge, all of the above, I was very sensitive to the situation of my friend. I knew the mental gymnastics, they would be helped by a nurse before you connect the IV I am no stranger to the anguish and, finally, the reality is always a moon face and swollen. There is an intimacy, anger and total helplessness and injustice of this terrible disease chronically its ugly head.
When an attack, it is almost impossible to imagine ever feeling good again. "No-win feeling is completely overwhelming. There is concern with the fear that your body can not be linked back to its prior exacerbation state. But I know how well I would have fared in the past with the drug. I know I feel much better for a short time.
When I am with my friend while she was treated, I did my best to listen instead of acting as a spokesman for unpaid steroids. It is important for patients to feel much better soon. It is also important to remind them of the positive result, in the hope that it will help them to think about tomorrow, but today. You may want to give time for yourself and let your body heal. It is therefore appropriate for them, their families and friends that they operate in a flare and let them how they can help you say.
My greatest hope to speak openly about steroids, my experience is that it can help a person with MS who do not feel lonely, or that a person whom you love MS can better understand what they go through.
After cure, I spoke again with my friend. She felt better and sounded fantastic. Your MS symptoms were less pronounced. She could walk with less problems and was not so tired. The dreaded steroids had done their work.
Let's face it, no matter what our situations in life, we have all that we do not want to do. But if we know they will help us to live well, it's an excellent idea to do something, what's good for what we lack.
