a, age:
Multiple sclerosis affects all the ages. it is the neurological
progressive disease that affects the CNS. It affects mostly 20 to
50 years. The onset of MS occurs in 30years. when aging progress it
affects their motor and cognitive function. Age-related changes
affect the brain and neuronal viability and vulnerability.
b, Individual character:
Multiple sclerosis in progress in later age it affects the brain
and damages the cognitive function. patient feeling extreme
fatigue, lack of coordination, tingling, weakness, loss of
sensation, cognitive changes. they have negative outcomes and
depression with their poor outcomes that affected their
personality. Patient needs independent life but his MS made him not
able to live independently. Individual character affects with lack
of relationship, social and family support, self- efficacy.
c, environment:
the stress increase MS symptoms. when patient is with MS they have
to avoid excess stress as much as possible and have to follow
healthy lifestyle and adequate rest. The patient is working as a
teacher his stress level affected his neuro system and the patient
started to have fatigue, cognitive changes and increase with
burdensome symptoms.
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