MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

BASIC FACTS ON MS

• Ms is a disease affecting the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord)
• More then 100.000 people in the uk have ms
• Ms is not infectious or contagious. ( you can't catch it)
• Ms is a life long condition but it is not a terminal illness.
• Every one with ms is DIFFERENT so no two people have the same range or severity of symptoms even if they are closely related.

DISTRIBUTION OF TYPES OF MS

MS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT

• Relapsing/remitting
• Secondary progressive
• Primary progressive
• Progressive relapsing

SPASTICITY

PEG FEEDING

• Only peg trained bluebirds can touch these.
• Pegs are for feeding and giving medication through.
• Always clip it shut when using
• Always clean dry and twist

MYTHS ABOUT MS

• Ms is a death sentence
• Everyone with ms follows the same path
• Only old people get ms
• Ms is on the rise
• Your end up in a wheel chair
• Women with ms can't get pregnant
• Ms is curable
• All these are complete myths

PREGNANCY AND MS

• Ms is often diagnosed between the ages of 20 to 40.
• For women with ms they are no more likely to experience a miscarriage or birth defect then a women without ms.
• If you have relapsing remitting ms, you are less likely to have relapse during pregnancy although the risk of relapse during pregnancy does increase in the six months after the birth of your baby. This is thought to be due to changes in levels of hormones, particularly oestrogen during and after pregnancy

Depression
As you can imagine losesing control of you life and having to rely on others would get to anyone.
all ms customers need to be treated like every one else even if from the out side in you feel for these people because it's a hard condition to under stand.
we need to make their lives as normal as we can with out seeming to interfering and pushy, all these things if not done correctly will add to the depressing side of life.

HELPFUL CONTACTS FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE MS

• Ms nurses
• Physiotherapist
• Occupational therapist
• Wheel chair services
• Rehabilitation services
• Specialist ms centres
• Adult services (social services)
• Gp's
• Disability living centres
• Speech and language therapists
• Great bear
• Chc
• Careers
• Italk ( free councelling)

TYPES OF CATHETERS

• A condom catheter consists of a soft plastic or rubber sheath, tubing and a collection bag for urine. the sheath is placed over the penis and collection bag is attached to the leg. Collects urine when there is no need for catheter insertion
• A straight catheter is used when the catheter is to be inserted and removed immediately
• An Indwelling catheter, also known as Foley catheter, is left inside the blade to provide continuous urine drainage
• A supra public catheter is a type of indwelling catheter. The super public catheter is inserted into the bladder through a surgical incision made in the abdominal wall right above the pubic Bone
• A 3 way catheter for continuous bladder irrigation (CBI) is a type of indwelling catheter. It is inserted to irrigate the bladder to provent obstruction (I.e bleeding)