Louise MoxhayMy mum has had a few health problems over the years, it had started with numbness and loss of feeling in her limbs, and sometimes a whole side of her body, the doctors put it down to stress, it could last for months on end. She then had a problem with her leg, weakness, and pain, this was found to be a diseased Achilles tendon, which was operated on and not linked to MS in any way. Long story short in the spring of 2014, mum started having problems with her eye, and loosing vison, she saw an eye specialist, and by chance sent her for an MRI, which is when in the summer we got told she would need to see a neurologist, we were only told at that point they found black spots on her brain, we waited a few months until November, which is when we found out that she had been diagnosed with MS, Relapsing remitting MS. Since the diagnosis, mum has lost a lot of her strength in her legs and arms, and now needs sticks to walk, and somebody to help out at home, which is where I came in.
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Relapsing RemittingIn relapsing remitting MS, people have distinct attacks of symptoms which then fade away either partially or completely. Around 85 per cent of people with MS are diagnosed with this type. The relapsing remitting label can help to explain MS to others and help you to find the best treatments. But it can't predict exactly how MS will affect you. For most people with MS, this is the way their MS begins, except for the small group of people who have primary progressive MS (about 15 per cent of all people with MS).
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What is a relapse?A relapse is put simply "the appearance of new symptoms, or the return of old symptoms, for a period of 24 hours or more – in the absence of a change in core body temperature or infection". Symptoms you have experienced before, or even grown used to dealing with, may appear in a different part of the body. In relapses, symptoms usually come on over a short period of time, over hours or days. They can often last for a number of weeks, usually around four to six, though this can vary from very short periods of only a few days to many months, and can be different with every person. Relapses can vary from mild to severe. At their worst, acute relapses may need hospital treatment, but many relapses are managed at home, with the support of the GP, MS specialist nurse, and other care professionals. Symptoms which come and go can sometimes be considered a relapse – they don’t always have to be continuous. For example, some people experience a shock-like sensation when they bend their neck. This can be considered a relapse if it occurs every time they bend their neck for at least 24 hours. Medical staff might call relapses things like attack, flare-up, exacerbation, acute episode or clinical event.
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