MS & Twitching studies
If anyone is interested in what I found, I Googled "MS Studies on Peripheral Nervous System", and although there are a spattering of results on the first two pages of results stating that PNS is not involved, the majority of results showed that there is definitely an interest in finding out if PNS is involved, and the following spattering of "top" results, suggest that the PNS is involved in MS.
Remember, when you think about the progression of knowledge about MS, it is only recently that they even acknowledge that lesions can affect the grey matter of the brain, whereas they used to just say the white matter was affected.
I think it is important for patients and doctors alike to always keep an open mind when dealing with an illness that the medical profession admittedly does not know everything about. Anytime new finding surface, that just brings us closer to finding a possible cause, and therefore to finding a cure. Open minds are a good thing. Any doctor or specialist making a general or blanket statement about a disease such as MS should always say something along the lines of, "XXX has not been shown to be a part of MS, but we are learning things all the time about this disease." Or, "XXX is not commonly reported/found in MS, but the disease has so many varied sx that we cannot rule it out."
Just saying…
(Note to moderator: I believe all of these URLs are in compliance with MSWorld guidelines, as they are from reputable sources and discuss MS. However, if you disagree, people can Google my search terms on their own if they are interested."
Thanks, Helen
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15383952
Glossary of Research Terms from the MS Society of Canada: Peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Nervous system in the body aside from the brain and spinal cord. The PNS can be affected by MS.
http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/7/1390.full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20629712
http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/11/999.full.pdf (Read the conclusion)
http://www.researchgate.net/publicat...iple_sclerosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19155142
If anyone is interested in what I found, I Googled "MS Studies on Peripheral Nervous System", and although there are a spattering of results on the first two pages of results stating that PNS is not involved, the majority of results showed that there is definitely an interest in finding out if PNS is involved, and the following spattering of "top" results, suggest that the PNS is involved in MS.
Remember, when you think about the progression of knowledge about MS, it is only recently that they even acknowledge that lesions can affect the grey matter of the brain, whereas they used to just say the white matter was affected.
I think it is important for patients and doctors alike to always keep an open mind when dealing with an illness that the medical profession admittedly does not know everything about. Anytime new finding surface, that just brings us closer to finding a possible cause, and therefore to finding a cure. Open minds are a good thing. Any doctor or specialist making a general or blanket statement about a disease such as MS should always say something along the lines of, "XXX has not been shown to be a part of MS, but we are learning things all the time about this disease." Or, "XXX is not commonly reported/found in MS, but the disease has so many varied sx that we cannot rule it out."
Just saying…
(Note to moderator: I believe all of these URLs are in compliance with MSWorld guidelines, as they are from reputable sources and discuss MS. However, if you disagree, people can Google my search terms on their own if they are interested."
Thanks, Helen
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15383952
Glossary of Research Terms from the MS Society of Canada: Peripheral nervous system (PNS) - Nervous system in the body aside from the brain and spinal cord. The PNS can be affected by MS.
http://www.ajnr.org/content/24/7/1390.full
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20629712
http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/43/11/999.full.pdf (Read the conclusion)
http://www.researchgate.net/publicat...iple_sclerosis
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19155142
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