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Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Trial

Lifetree Research® Multiple Sclerosis Trial

What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a potentially debilitating disease in which your body's immune system eats away at the protective sheath that covers your nerves. This interferes with the communication between your brain and the rest of your body. Ultimately, this may result in deterioration of the nerves themselves, a process that's not reversible.

What causes MS?
Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, where the body's immune system attacks its own tissues. In multiple sclerosis, this process destroys myelin — the fatty substance that coats and protects nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord. Myelin can be compared to the insulation on electrical wires. When myelin is damaged, the messages that travel along that nerve may be slowed or blocked. A combination of factors, ranging from genetics to childhood infections, may play a role in determining why MS occurs in some people and not others.

What are the symptoms?
Symptoms vary widely, depending on the amount of damage and which particular nerves are affected. People with severe cases of multiple sclerosis may lose the ability to walk or speak. Other symptoms may include numbness or weakness in one or more limbs, partial or complete loss of vision, double or blurring of vision, tingling or pain in parts of the body, electric-shock sensations that occur with certain head movements, tremors, lack of coordination, fatigue and dizziness. Multiple sclerosis can be difficult to diagnose early in the course of the disease, because symptoms often come and go — sometimes disappearing for months.

What treatment options exist for MS?
There is no cure for multiple sclerosis. Treatment for MS typically focuses on combating the autoimmune response and managing the symptoms. Drugs are available to treat many of the signs and symptoms. Stretching and strengthening exercise can make it easier to perform daily tasks. Additionally plasma exchange (plasmapheresis) mechanically separates your blood cells from your plasma, the liquid part of your blood. Plasma exchange is sometimes used to help combat severe symptoms of multiple sclerosis relapses, especially in people who are not responding to intravenous steroids.

Lifetree Clinical Research® is currently conducting a clinical trial on Multiple Sclerosis. To find out more about this study click here.

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