| Multiple sclerosis is an inflammatory
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| | and maintaining their balance. Loss of
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| neurological disease which generates a
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| | dexterity, muscle weakness and poorly
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| wide symptomatic spectrum. Multiple
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| | coordinated moves are also suggestive
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| sclerosis primarily affects the central
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| | signs for multiple sclerosis diagnosis.
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| nervous system, interfering with the
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| | Furthermore, sensorial dysfunctions, such
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| normal activity of the nervous cells.
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| | as decreased vision, are very common to
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| Multiple sclerosis involves deterioration
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| | people with neurological diseases and an
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| of the neurons' myelin, a very important
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| | important multiple sclerosis diagnosis
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| substance that facilitates the
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| | criterion involves looking for signs of
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| transmission of nervous signals between
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| | internuclear ophthalmoplegia (double,
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| nervous cells. If myelin is affected, the
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| | blurred vision).
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| connections between neurons are
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| | The process of multiple sclerosis
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| compromised and the body fails to respond
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| | diagnosis often involves MRI scans and
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| promptly to external stimuli.
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| | lumbar puncture. MRI scans (magnetic
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| Multiple sclerosis can cause various
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| | resonance imaging) are an important step
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| dysfunctions in different regions of the
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| | in confirming the multiple sclerosis
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| body, causing a wide range of physical,
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| | diagnosis. MRI scans verify the integrity
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| neurological and psychological
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| | of the nervous system, using magnetic
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| manifestations. The deterioration of
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| | waves for generating pictures. If MRI
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| myelin can affect the body's motor
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| | scans can sometimes be inconclusive in
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| functions, causing difficulty walking,
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| | the process of multiple sclerosis
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| loss of dexterity, poorly coordinated
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| | diagnosis, lumbar puncture is a reliable
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| moves, loss of balance; sensorial
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| | criterion in verifying the presence of
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| functions, causing decreased visual
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| | neurological disease. Through the means
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| acuity, altered perceptions of external
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| | of lumbar puncture, doctors are able to
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| stimuli; and cognitive functions, causing
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| | inspect the state of the spinal cord's
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| poor mental performance, loss of
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| | fluid, checking for evidence of
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| concentration and even memory loss. In
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| | inflammation at the level of the nervous
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| some cases, multiple sclerosis can even
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| | system.
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| interfere with the normal activity of the
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| | Neuropsychological tests are also very
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| internal organs, causing renal affections
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| | important in the process of multiple
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| and disorders of the gastrointestinal
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| | sclerosis diagnosis. The aim of these
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| tract.
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| | tests is to find evidence of compromised
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| Due to the complex nature of multiple
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| | mental performance due to destruction of
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| sclerosis symptoms, it is virtually
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| | myelin. Most patients with neurological
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| impossible to diagnose the disease
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| | diseases often suffer from poor
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| relying solely on patients' external
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| | concentration, decreased judgment and
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| manifestations. The symptoms generated by
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| | even short-term memory loss and the main
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| neurological diseases have an unspecific
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| | purpose of neuropsychological tests is to
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| character, thus making the process of
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| | reveal the presence of these symptoms.
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| multiple sclerosis diagnosis even more
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| | Another important step in establishing
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| difficult. Hence, multiple sclerosis can
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| | the multiple sclerosis diagnosis involves
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| be correctly diagnosed only after
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| | looking for signs of depression, as more
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| performing elaborate physical
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| | than 80 percent of people affected by
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| examinations and various laboratory
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| | this type of neurological disease
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| tests.
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| | eventually become depressed.
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| Multiple sclerosis diagnosis involves the
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| | Multiple sclerosis diagnosis is very
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| accumulation of various suggestive data
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| | complex and requires various medical
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| through the means of specific medical
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| | procedures and tests for revealing
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| procedures and laboratory analyses. The
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| | conclusive signs of the disease. Most
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| first step in the process of multiple
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| | patients are diagnosed with multiple
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| sclerosis diagnosis usually involves the
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| | sclerosis only if more than two specific
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| examination of patients' motor functions.
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| | tests confirm the presence of
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| People with this type of neurological
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| | neurological dysfunctions.
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| disease generally have trouble walking
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