Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS by Mary Jo Nickum

General health screenings to detect possible comorbidities. Now, people with MS can follow available recommendations (see below) for Having comorbidities can significantly worsen a person’s MS diseaseĬourse, the authors recommend that guidelines be developed to work theseĬonsiderations into the management of people with MS at diagnosis. Reduce high cholesterol was 63% lower in people with MS.Ĭomorbidities are common even at the time when MS is first diagnosed,Īnd these potentially serious health conditions may go untreated. Using medications to reduce blood pressure. More people had highīlood pressure at the time of their MS diagnosis, but 66% fewer were People at the time of diagnosis with MS than in those without MS, butĥ6% fewer were using medications to treat diabetes. Results: Type 2 diabetes was 30% more common in.Time of diagnosis – and those without MS, in the prevalence of type 2ĭiabetes and high blood pressure, and in the use of medications used toĬombat diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. They looked at differences between people with MS – specifically at the With MS and 72,572 people without MS who were matched by age and otherįactors in a large database that contains electronic medical recordsįrom general medical practices in England. This Study: A team of researchers from UniversityĬollege London and the University of Manitoba identified 12,251 people.Which may be as much as 25% more common in people with MS compared to those who don’t have MS. One such comorbidity is high blood pressure (hypertension), Progression and detract from an individual’s general health and quality

There is growing recognition that comorbidities may increase MS One chronic medical condition at the same time is called “comorbidity.” Background: In scientific terms, having more than.Identifying and addressing these types of “vascular”Ĭonditions as early as possible may improve the course of MS – see below People who don’t have MS, but fewer were on medications used to control More common in people with MS at the time of their MS diagnosis than in A new study in England found that high blood pressure and diabetes were

Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS by Mary Jo Nickum