Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that occurs in a chronic form characterized by the defeat of the nerve fibers of the brain and spinal cord, with numerous foci scattered throughout the central nervous system. In this case, the normal neural tissue is replaced by a connective one, and the nerve impulses cease to flow into the appropriate organs. The disease often overtakes women of young and middle age, starting suddenly for the patient, but the appearance of the first symptoms indicates a long-term pathological process.
The first symptoms of multiple sclerosis in women
With this disease, as a rule, there are periods of exacerbation and remission. Manifestations of its many faces and depend on the localization of the affected areas, causing neurological defects. Exacerbations are provoked by various factors: hypothermia or overheating of the body, bacterial and viral infections, emotional overload, etc.
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis in women at the initial stage can be so indistinct and unstable that patients often do not pay attention to them and do not consider it necessary to consult a doctor. In other cases, on the contrary, the pathology is manifested by sharp significant disorders, which can not but alert, and very quickly progresses.
The clinical picture of the pathology at the initial stage may include the following symptoms:
- violation, unsteadiness of gait;
- decrease or increase of muscle tone;
- weakness in one or more limbs;
- impaired vision on one or both eyes (strabismus, poor visual acuity , lack of ability to distinguish colors, etc.);
- speech impairment (as a rule, abruptness of pronunciation of words, blurred and blurred speech);
- violation of handwriting;
- pain in the spine, in the muscles;
- decrease or loss of sensitivity in a particular area of the body;
- sensation of tingling, burning, or numbness in the limbs or in small areas of the body;
- trembling of limbs;
- impaired thermal sensation;
- vestibular failures (dizziness, sometimes with nausea and vomiting);
- impaired memory , attention;
- emotional instability, frequent depressive conditions;
- fast fatigue of the body;
- disruption of the bowel and urinary system (constipation, diarrhea, urinary incontinence;
- sexual disorders and many others. other