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Living with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Overcoming the Challenges (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Living with Progressive Multiple SclerosisFocuses on the developments in managing worsening symptoms and offers hope to multiple sclerosis patients facing the future. This book educates patients about diagnosis, disease-modifying therapies, managing difficult symptoms, and coping strategies.
Full description- Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing
- Published: 01 February 2008
- Format: Paperback 176 pages
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- Categories: Popular Medicine & Health | Coping With Illness
- ISBN 13: 9781932603477 ISBN 10: 1932603476
- Sales rank: 888,692
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Full description for Living with Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 15 per cent of MS patients are diagnosed with the progressive form of the disease and experience symptoms such as tremor, poor coordination, difficulty walking, and other problems from the start. While an additional 50 per cent, of those diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS, will develop progressive MS within 10 years. "Living with Multiple Sclerosis: Overcoming the Challenges, 2nd Edition" is written for people who have been diagnosed with the progressive form of multiple sclerosis. It focuses on the newest advances in managing worsening symptoms and offers hope to MS patients facing the future.This concise and practical overview educates patients about diagnosis, disease-modifying therapies, managing difficult symptoms, and coping strategies. Other topics include: Top Ten Questions about Progressive MS; Can Progressive MS be Treated?; Vocational and Legal Issues; and, A Glimpse into the Future.This encouraging and informative book will be a welcome addition to any patient, healthcare professional, or institutional library.

