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Rev. Dr. Yb-lem Oskowitzwrote:
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Sclerosis means hardening of tissue, and multiple indicates many regions of tissue hardening. It seems that the body’s immune system malfunctions and produces antibodies that attack the myelin sheaths, and as a result, the sheaths are damaged, and the damaged areas develop scarring that leads to either distorted communication or lack of communication between the nerve endings. This may produce a multiplicity of symptoms, from slurred speech to vision problems to loss of mobility.
June 6
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Rev. Dr. Yb-lem Oskowitzwrote:
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
It is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system, including the brain, the optic nerve, and the spinal cord. It is characterized by many areas of inflammation and scarring of the myelin sheaths in the brain and spinal cord. These are wrappings, composed of a fatty substance, that insulate the nerve fibers throughout the body.
June 6
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Rev. Dr. Yb-lem Oskowitzwrote:
Alzheimer’s Disease –Review Notes “Scientists believe that the plaques accumulate in and damage nerve cells.
Many people worry that their forgetfulness might be a sign of Alzheimer's disease. Most people forget where they have put their keys at one time or another, but this is not an indication of Alzheimer’s There is a difference between forgetfulness and dementia: If you donot remember where you put an object that is forgetfulness. If you donot remember that you wear glasses that may be a signed of dementia.”
June 6
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Rev. Dr. Yb-lem Oskowitzwrote:
Alzheimer’s Disease –Review Notes
The nerve fibers surrounding the brain’s memory center = hippocampus become tangle = neurofibrillary tangles, and the information is no longer carried properly to or from the brain. New memories cannot be formed. Memories formed earlier cannot be retrieved. Characteristic plaques accumulate in the brain as well. These plaques are composed largely of a protein-containing substance called beta-amyloid.
June 6
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Rev. Dr. Yb-lem Oskowitzwrote:
The behavioral symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease result from the changes in the person’s brain.
The affected person cannot control these behaviors associated with the Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease that is characterized by a specific set of physiological changes within the person’s brain.
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