The first known, but not diagnosed case of multiple sclerosis was in 1395. A young lady by the name of Lidwina, exhibited the symptoms of MS starting at the age of 16. The first diagnosed case of multiple sclerosis was in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot. He noticed his patient’s symptoms were different from the other disease that were already known. The first “successful” multiple sclerosis medication came about in 1993. Wow! Those are some big gaps in time between awareness and treatment. Which leads me to the next multiple sclerosis fact.
Multiple Sclerosis Fact #2
Doctors still don’t have a clue and MS warriors are paying the price.
Since 1993 and today, doctors only have a handful of “possible” causes for multiple sclerosis and medications are more of the same types of treatment. Back in 2017, there was an article stating the Epstein Barr Virus may be a cause of multiple sclerosis. Well, they just reintroduce that finding again this year, as if it was a new piece of information. I was diagnosed 10 years ago and to be honest, not much has changed in regards to the information I have received. Low vitamin D, environmental factors, genes and viruses are the most common causes of multiple sclerosis yesterday and today. Once again, nothing new.
Now, I have been thinking. I heard a rumor that when a woman living with multiple sclerosis gets pregnant, her symptoms may either go away or are not as severe. I can’t say for a fact because I have not experienced pregnancy as an MS warrior. Why don’t the doctors or the pharmaceutical companies look at what changes in a woman’s body when she is pregnant and try to replicate those effects with medication? I don’t want to have to get pregnant to experience feeling normal again. But I would be willing to try a medication that did.
I truly hope that over the next few years the medical field well start to make real strides in finding out what causes multiple sclerosis and better ways to treat the disease. I think we are long overdue. Multiple Sclerosis Fact # 1, MS Sucks! Be well and whole. Much Love 🧡 💚