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Mental Health (Expert Forum)
Multiple Schlerosis
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
Questions posted in the Mental Health forum are being answered by Dr. Roger L. Gould, author of the Mastering Stress and Depression program and affiliated with the UCLA. Department of Psychiatry. Topics covered include anger, attention deficit disorder (ADD), bipolar disorder, dementia, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), learning disabilities, memory, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), panic, personality disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), schizophrenia, stress, transitions, and work problems.
Multiple Schlerosis
by giraffe7983, Nov 28, 2003 12:00AM
Hi,
I'm having a presentation in my Microbiology class next week about stress and the immune system.
One of the topics I'm writing about is Multiple Sclerosis and how stress affects it.
Do you know how prolonged stress can cause Multiple Sclerosis or how stress makes symptoms worse for people with MS?
Any information would be helpful (studies, cellular activity, etc.)
Thank you very much for your help.
K
I'm having a presentation in my Microbiology class next week about stress and the immune system.
One of the topics I'm writing about is Multiple Sclerosis and how stress affects it.
Do you know how prolonged stress can cause Multiple Sclerosis or how stress makes symptoms worse for people with MS?
Any information would be helpful (studies, cellular activity, etc.)
Thank you very much for your help.
K
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., Nov 30, 2003 12:00AM
, Nov 30, 2003 12:00AM
Sorry, I do not have any specific references for you, but on a clinical basis, there is no question that stress makes the symptoms worse on a temporary basis. that does not mean that it actually effects the long term course of the disease, which is notoriously unpredictable.
