Multiple Sclerosis: The Facts You Need (Your Personal Health) - Softcover

Paul O'Connor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552093670 ISBN 13: 9781552093672

Publisher: Firefly Books, 1999

Synopsis

Multiple sclerosis -- MS -- strikes about one in a thousand North Americans, usually in early adulthood, when they are building careers and starting families. Because the disease involves the central nervous system, its effects are wide-ranging and difficult to predict.

Multiple Sclerosis: The Facts You Need -- part of the Your Personal Health Series -- is a fact filled, comprehensive guide to living with MS, supported by diagrams, case histories, a drug table and an extensive list of helpful books and organizations. Topics include:

what MS is, and who gets it;
how MS is diagnosed as "possible," "probable" or "definite";
why the disease affects different people in different ways;
how "relapsing-remitting" MS differs from "progressive" MS;
how people with MS and their families, can adapt their homes, careers and lifestyles to cope with the disease;
which treatments work, which don't and what help is on the horizon.

Combining authoritative medical advice and practical hands-on tips, Multiple Sclerosis: The Facts You Need is an invaluable guide for anyone affected, directly or indirectly by this complex disease.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Paul O'Connor has been treating people with MS for over 15 years. He is director of the MS Clinic at the University of Toronto, and chief of the Division of Neurology at St. Michael's Hospital.

Reviews

OConnor, who has treated multiple sclerosis (MS) patients for over 15 years, presents an authoritative, reliable, up-to-date overview of this disease and its treatment. He discusses technical information in an understandable style; for instance, when describing the nervous system, he writes, Think of billions of interconnected electrical wires creating a system of linkages of unimaginable complexity. The human nervous system is exactly that. Besides being very readable, the book is up-to-date regarding the newest therapies (including alternative treatments) used to treat MS. OConnor explains how to cope with its symptoms (fatigue, numbness, shaking, tremors) and includes a drug chart, a glossary of terms, and a list of support organizations. Other titles on the topic, such as David Carroll and Jon Dudley Dormans Living Well with MS (LJ 5/15/93), are helpful but somewhat dated. OConnors is the ideal book for the newly diagnosed MS patient, family members, and other interested readers. Highly recommended for all general collections.Mary J. Nickum, Bozeman, MT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552093670
• ISBN 13: 9781552093672
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 156