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History Of Being Diagnoses With MS. On Medication, Bladder By- Passed Into A Bag. Loss Of Movement In Left Side. No Remedy?
my niece is now going to be 53 next month and was diagnosed with MS when she was 27. being in a nursing home since she was 42 and hasn t had much until the last month any treatment except medication and her bladder has been by-passed into a bag. she is in a mobility chair and has lost most of movement on her left and partially right side. anything new that might help her. her dr, think just keeping her alive and infections down is the only help they can provide, is this a true statement or are they about right after many infections but shes so alive in her talk and travels all over nursing and rehab home ?
Fri, 22 Nov 2013
Hello, with the given history it seems that she is in advanced stage i.e secondary progressive MS. And this is true that nothing much can be done except keeping her alive and infections however.
since you have asked about anything new which can help so i would like to take your attention towards stem cell research which has shown encouraging results at this stage of MS But this is not a standard form of treatment. You may expect a slowdown in progression of disease and inprovement in quality of life to some extent.
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since you have asked about anything new which can help so i would like to take your attention towards stem cell research which has shown encouraging results at this stage of MS But this is not a standard form of treatment. You may expect a slowdown in progression of disease and inprovement in quality of life to some extent.
Hope his helps answer the question
You may contact me to know more on this
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