By Trevis Gleason
MS affects so many parts of our daily life. I wonder how much of our daily lives affect our multiple sclerosis…
There is proof that diet and exercise can help improve symptoms of MS and a growing body of evidence that what we do may change, on at least some small level, the course of our actual disease. Even if it’s written off as “a healthy body recovers faster”, that’s at least something!
Of course some things happen to our bodies, over which we have little to no control, which can have significant effect on our symptoms and disease.
Infection/fever and pregnancy come to mind.
My diagnosing MRI revealed a massive sinus infection; the fever from which made the flair so much worse (bad enough to make me go to the doctor).
The issue of pregnancy and its confounding effect on a woman’s MS has spurred research and some interesting clinical trials.
So, I wondered aloud this morning, how does menopause (and pre/post symptoms) change multiple sclerosis?
A quick Internet search left me sure of even less than I was before starting!
PERFECT!
Here is yet another topic where I and the entire MS community can benefit from your experience.
Sorry men, and I’m with you on this one, I know that MS is a disease which makes us a significant minority. It is the place, however, of this blog to ask the questions which might help those who have no one else to ask.
So, here we go again with a topic of which I know next to nothing, but intend on learning much from you.
Ladies, how have menopause symptoms (is “symptoms” even the correct word for it?) had an effect on your multiple sclerosis. For women who are younger; have you even considered how that part of your life may be “different” because of MS?
Let’s make this post a place where women searching for “MS and Menopause” on the Internet can come and find answers not from medical professionals, but from women who have experience and know of what they speak.
article Source: everyday Health