Eye Test Peers Into Heat Related MS Symptoms

Eye Test Peers Into Heat-related Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms

ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2008) — A bodysuit that heats or cools a patient, combined with painless measurements of eye movements, is providing multiple sclerosis researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center with a new tool to study the mysterious link between body temperature and severity of MS symptoms.

Study – MS Brain Atrophy

Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) develop irreversible CNS tissue injury, the end result of which is brain and spinal-cord atrophy. Atrophy was thought to occur late in the course of MS because, despite periodic relapses, patients function normally for years after symptomatic onset of MS.

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Don't make excuses for not living healthy life

Regular aerobic workouts that are vigorous enough to raise the pulse and respiration rate will result in increased fitness, improved bowel and bladder control and has been shown to reduce depression, anger and fatigue.

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