{"id":11234,"date":"2023-05-24T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T06:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11234"},"modified":"2025-03-30T01:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T19:52:16","slug":"what-is-multiple-sclerosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-multiple-sclerosis\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Multiple Sclerosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Multiple Sclerosis:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>chronic disease<\/strong> that <strong>affects the central nervous system<\/strong>, including the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves.<\/li>\n<li>In MS, the <strong>immune system attacks the protective sheath (myelin)<\/strong> <strong>that covers nerve fibers and causes communication problems<\/strong> between your brain and the rest of your body.<\/li>\n<li>Eventually, the disease <strong>can cause permanent damage or deterioration of the nerve fibers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There are <strong>many possible causes of MS, including:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Autoimmune disorders;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Infectious agents<\/strong>, such as viruses;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Environmental factors;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Genetic factors;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Signs and symptoms<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>vary widely between patients<\/strong> and depend on the location and severity of nerve fiber damage in the central nevous system.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Some people have mild symptoms<\/strong>, <strong>such as blurred vision and numbness<\/strong>, and tingling in the limbs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In severe cases, a person may experience paralysis, vision loss, and mobility <\/strong>problems.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Treatment<\/strong>: There&#8217;s <strong>no cure for multiple sclerosis<\/strong>. However, t<strong>here are treatments to help speed the recovery <\/strong>from attacks, modify the course of the disease and manage symptoms.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What is the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>one of the most common human viruses <\/strong>in the world.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>spreads through bodily fluids<\/strong>, especially saliva (spit).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Symptoms<\/strong>: <strong>Fatigue, fever, inflamed throat, swollen lymph nodes<\/strong> in the neck, enlarged spleen, swollen liver, rash.<\/li>\n<li>EBV can <strong>cause infectious mononucleosis, also called mono, and other illnesses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>There is <strong>no vaccine<\/strong> to protect against EBV infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is one of the most common human viruses in the world. It spreads through bodily fluids, especially saliva (spit). EBV can cause infectious mononucleosis, also called mono, and other illnesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news9live.com\/health\/health-conditions\/research-links-epstein-barr-virus-with-increased-risk-of-multiple-sclerosis-2151005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Research links Epstein-Barr virus with increased risk of multiple sclerosis<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord, and optic nerves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}