This is whta im beating yet thye say no cure. Well , im curing it and have outlive my diagnosis .yeah baby ! I was "full blown "with snapped out muscles and couldnt sit up really and my head just hung there if i did. I was all this shit.Couldnt sweat in half my body or make tears . Saverly fucked up. Caused by phenol going through my hands when i worked slave conditions.
What is multiple system atrophy?
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a combination of symptoms that affect both the autonomic nervous system (the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary action such as blood pressure or digestion) and movement. The symptoms reflect the progressive loss of function and death of different types of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Symptoms of autonomic failure that may be seen in MSA include fainting spells and problems with heart rate, erectile dysfunction, and bladder control. Motor impairments (loss of or limited muscle control or movement, or limited mobility) may include tremor, rigidity, and/or loss of muscle coordination as well as difficulties with speech and gait (the way a person walks). Some of these features are similar to those seen in Parkinson’s disease, and early in the disease course it often may be difficult to distinguish these disorders.
MSA is a rare disease, affecting potentially 15,000 to 50,000 Americans, including men and women and all racial groups. Symptoms tend to appear in a person’s 50s and advance rapidly over the course of 5 to 10 years, with progressive loss of motor function and eventual confinement to bed. People with MSA often develop pneumonia in the later stages of the disease and may suddenly die from cardiac or respiratory issues.
While some of the symptoms of MSA can be treated with medications, currently there are no drugs that are able to slow disease progression and there is no cure.
MSA includes disorders that historically had been referred to as Shy-Drager syndrome, olivopontocerebellar atrophy, and striatonigral degeneration.
www.rarediseasesnetwork.org/ARDCRC/patients/learnmore/MSA/index.htm. This group of researchers conducted a clinical trial to assess whether the drug rifampicin can slow the progression of MSA. Unfortunately, the study did not show the drug is effective. However, the investigators demonstrated that it is feasible to conduct multi-center clinical trials involving a rare disorder such as MSA. Important data were obtained from this trial, which can be expected to aid in the design of future trials.
Additionally, MSA is one of the diseases being studied as part of the NINDS Parkinson’s Disease Biomarkers Program (
http://pdbp.ninds.nih.gov/). This major NINDS initiative is aimed at discovering ways to identify individuals at risk for developing Parkinson’s disease and related disorders and to track the progression of the disease. Identifying biomarkers (signs that may indicate risk of a disease and improve diagnosis) will speed the development of novel therapeutics.
Additional research on neurodegenerative diseases such as multiple system atrophy can be found using NIH RePORTER (
http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm), a searchable database of current and past research projects supported by NIH and some other federal agencies. RePORTER also includes links to publications and patents citing support from these projects.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov
Reading this makes me shake !
I had all the side effects as if i took meds so they just me to die. I got a saying , get off the dope , levedopa that is ! fixed my hep c too. lol. Idiot drs wanted to give me stuff that makes women lactate from canada untested for me to digest food. I was on ethro and it did nothing. i actually got to sick to eat it and had to stop and just smoke. Couldnt bong though. it sucked back .lol.
