Multiple Sclerosis Flashcards

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Causes of MS

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CP of MS

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(affect any area of the Brain, Optic nerve, or Spinal cord, causing almost any neurologic symptom)

  • Sensory
  • Motor
  • Visual
  • cerebellum
  • Neuropsychiatric
  • Genaturinary
  • Fatigue
  • Utthoff’s Sign
  • Relapse
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CP of MS

  • Visual
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CP of MS

  • Internuclear ophthalmoplegia (INO)
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CP of MS

  • Sensory
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CP of MS

  • L’hermitte’s Sign
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  • Electrical sensations run down the spine when the patient bends her head forward due to lesion of the dorsal column of cervical cord or cauda medulla
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CP of MS

  • MS Hug
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Tightening around the chest

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CP of MS

  • Motor
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CP of MS

  • Cerebellar
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  • Tremors
  • Ataxia
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CP of MS

  • Neuropsychiatric
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  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Anxiety
  • Memory & Concentration Abnormalities
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CP of MS

  • Genaturinary
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CP of MS

  • Intractable Fatigue with no Other Causes
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CP of MS

  • Uthoff’s Phenomenon
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Classic MS Sign

  • Worsening of symptoms in the heat (hot weather, exercise, fever)
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Classification of MS

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Prognosis in MS

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Prognosis in MS

  • Good
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Prognosis in MS

  • Poor
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Dx of MS

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Dx of MS

  • Apsects
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  • Exclude other explanations
  • Prove it is M.S diagnoses
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Dx of MS

  • Clinical
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  • History and examination (all c/p not single symptom)
  • Evidence of CNS involvement.
  • Dissemination in space and time
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Dx of MS

  • INVx (Paraclinical)
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  • Neuroimaging.
  • Evoked potentials.
  • CSF analysis.
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Dx Criteria of MS

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Dx of MS

  • MRI
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Dx of MS

  • Evoked Potentials
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Dx of MS

  • CSF Examination
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CSF Examination in MS

  • Sensitivity
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Abnormal in 85% to 90% of patients with MS.

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CSF Examination in MS

  • Cells
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Increased, specially during activity up to 40 cells/ mm3

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CSF Examination in MS

  • Total Protein
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moderately Increased

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CSF Examination in MS

  • Gamma Globulin
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Increased, especially IgG ( T total IgG, IgG ratio, IgG synthesis rate).

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CSF Examination in MS

  • Oligoclonal Bands
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  • Presence of two or more oligoclonal bands in the CS that are not present in a simultaneously drawn serum sample ICS examination
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CSF Examination in MS

  • IgG Index
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DDx of MS

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TTT of MS

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TTT of MS

  • Avoid PPt Factors
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TTT of MS

  • TTT of an attack (or Relapse)
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TTT of MS

  • Relapse Prevention (In Between Attacks)
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TTT of MS

  • Symptomatic
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TTT of MS

  • Physiotherapy
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Disease Modifying Therapy in MS

  • Intro
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