Medical Stories - Multiple Sclerosis: Out of Mind
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มี.ค. 2023
- Multiple Sclerosis has often been called the disease of young white women, but new studies have produced some startling information about the previously unrecognized impact of MS on African Americans. In this episode of Medical Stories, we follow two extraordinary people through their challenges in coping with MS.
Dawn, a brilliant PhD candidate, left her studies behind over 20 years ago. Tyler, son of NFL hall of famer Earl Campbell, had his own NFL dream cut short when his health took a turn no one saw coming. The stories of these two influencers will bring you to tears.
Featuring renowned experts, Dr. Mitzi J. Williams from Joi Life Wellness Group in Atlanta, GA, and nurse practitioner, Sophia D. Woodson from University Hospitals in Cleveland, OH.
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My fraternal grandfather had a condition that caused him to walk with a cane, then use a wheelchair .I only knew him bedridden for years. Back then there wasn't the title MS. My maternal great grandfather was the same. Now my sister and I both have been diagnosed with MS for since 1993 and 2001.
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Grateful for the inspiration and for this important focus on MS in the black community. Thirty years ago, a friend went to a nationally recognized MS center and was told she couldn't have MS because black people don't get MS. She went elsewhere and was immediately diagnosed with the disease.
lol
Just shows how bad the medical system is
I’ve had MS for at least seven years. I have no loss of mobility and I have a business working at height. I tried various diets but I refused all medicines. But I just got worse whatever I tried. Now I’m (mostly) carnivore and I do a lot of earthing / grounding. I can’t believe how good I feel from the grounding. I’m saying this only to reach out to anyone who suffers from this terrible disease.
Hi Tom. What is earthing-grounding? Ty. Ppms 35+ yrs
@tomw588 I was just diagnosed with MS this week, after I woke up with right sided facial droop and right arm numbness and tingling. I thought I had Bell’s Palsy so I went to the ER. Multiple MRIs confirmed MS. I have been doing ketovore for a year, lost 70 pounds by walking, sprinting, strength training and grounding/earthing. The doctors said based on my lesions size and location, they would expect to see me completely paralyzed on my right side, but all I actually had was very mild droop and mild weakness and numbness and tingling in my arm. My doctors are amazed and say it’s probably due to my ketovore diet and lifestyle.
Also, adding Vitamin B12 helps the nerves
Amazing coverage of how MS affects the Black community! This is truly life saving and lengthening information.
Powerful reporting on this horrible disease.
Such a nightmare.. how they handle this is amazing.
So happy this people have a good support system.
When the First Lady say “ I didn’t know the family suffering with you”.
Not trying to get anyone’s pity, but some of us, we are literally abandoned completely by our families, n eventually because our condition friends started leaving to.
I’m the first n my family with this condition, but like him I don’t think im the only one.
I have 2 nephews which are brothers that have been diagnosed with MS. One has lesions affecting his brain the other has lesions on his spine.
Hello, my sister has brain lesions, I have more spinal lesions, therefore I can't move my legs and have used a wheelchair for about 20 years now. But life is so good. She can take a few steps but her thinking and memory are a concern. She uses a wheelchair as well.
Thank you
God blessings to you 🙏 for you
He has already blessed me. In a way my having MS has greatly drawn me to a better spiritual life. He has supplied all my needs, He has become a close and dear friend. It isn't what happens to you it's how you choose to handle it. Take care
@@donnamoore8479 absolutely! 💯
I need to tell my story of MS
Am Arab I have it also
No one had it before in my family
Can an mri be done with no contrast? My kidney can't handle it
yes. you can receive an MRI w/o one
Is it same as GBS?
No
Not the same but incredibly similar
The doctor said smokers and obese people are prone to getting ms. Perhaps its because those are stressor's on the body same as chronic stress, overworking or working out too much which can cause lowered immune system and inflammation that then causes the immune system to attack too much and go haywire. I fixed my symptoms before it got worse by putting myself on an anti-inflammatory diet and supplementing to heal my nervous system and eliminated all stress. I've been fine for 2 years.
Blaming someone for developing MS is not cool, okay?! It makes me very angry when someone, who obviously doesn’t have MS, blames those people that do have MS. In fact, a very close friend of mine, w/ MS, is having a PET scan today to see how far his stage 4 cancer has progressed. Reading your comment makes me wish it wasn’t he that was having the PET scan, but someone else?!
@denisek292 no one should feel like it's their fault. When things go wrong for whatever reason, the body sometimes cannot recover. I'm very sorry for the misunderstanding. If you will, look up on TH-cam, Aaron Boster MD " how stress influences multiple sclerosis outcomes "
@@denisek292You okay? 😮
Well, smoking, obesity and stress are bad for anyone that's a well known fact, but with MS no one knows what is the cause, you can't just reduce it to that, I wasn't either of those things and still I got it. If you have a diagnosis you shouldn't leave it at an anti inflammatory diet, you need inmunosupresors if you want to stop it.
I follow the diet also as an extra help.
I go along with EBV being the cause of ms.. it lays dormant..until we become stressed & rundown.. apparently there is a protein that matches a protein in our myelin.. so our immune system reacts to EBV (pox virus) flare up.. & attacks our myelin neural coatings..
the ratio of females being 2x more prevalent.. is they are open & suffer more stresses, proportionally too a man.. harsher environments (colder) also take a part in physical & mental stresses.. it all just makes sense.. that EBV is the underlying course of ms.. as for diet.. yes we all need a healthy varied diet..to hold our fitness & immunity at optimal levels..🤔🤔
I want to appreciate Dr Madida on TH-cam for treating my Dad of his Multiple sclerosis with their natural meds....
I want to appreciate Dr Madida on TH-cam for treating my Dad of his Multiple sclerosis with their natural meds🌿.