When you have MS, your bladder may not empty. This is because the muscle that retains urine can't relax. Sometimes urination can be started by pressing or tapping the bladder area or by straining. Medicines can also help in some cases. If these treatments don't help, you may need to use a straight urinary catheter. You...
MS can cause cognitive problems. These may include trouble with: Memory, especially short-term memory. Problem solving. Keeping attention on a mental task. Finding the right words to express yourself. Grasping ideas quickly. These problems can occur early in the course of the disease. And they may get worse with time...
If you have trouble moving around or you get tired easily because of MS, it may help to make some changes in your home. Here are some things you can do. Change the location of furniture. Arrange furniture so you can hold on to something as you move around the house. Use specially modified chairs. They can help make it...
An MRI scan is the best way to locate multiple sclerosis (MS) lesions (also called plaques) in the brain or spinal cord. An MRI scan is abnormal in more than 95% of people recently diagnosed with MS. But abnormal MRI results do not always mean that you have MS. Abnormalities show up on scans from many illnesses other...
Finding out that you have multiple sclerosis (MS) can be frightening. Even if you know a lot about MS, it is hard to predict how the disease will affect you. Some questions you might ask include the following: Will I have to use a wheelchair? MS affects how nerves in your brain and spinal cord communicate with each...
Guides you through decision to take medicines to treat MS (called disease-modifying therapy). Covers medicine choices. Covers side effects. Lists reasons for and against taking medicines. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
Related Topics Vitamins & Minerals for Healthy People Top Anti-Aging Supplements Pump Up Your Immune System What do they do? Multiple vitamin-mineral (MVM) supplements, sometimes known as multivitamin-mineral supplements, contain a variable number of essential and/or non-essential nutrients. Their primary purpose is to...
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a rare but serious condition. It causes inflammation, which can affect the heart, lungs, brain, and other organs. A child usually has a fever for 24 hours or longer, plus other symptoms. These can vary, but...
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
For vitamin replacement. Brand Name(s): Infuvite Pediatric. Generic Name: Multivitamin (generic for Infuvite Pediatric)
For vitamin replacement. Brand Name(s): Infuvite. Generic Name: Multivitamin (generic for Infuvite Adult)
Multivitamins are a combination of many different vitamins that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. Iron is normally found in foods like red meat. In the body, iron becomes a part of your hemoglobin (HEEM o glo bin) and myoglobin (MY o glo bin). Hemoglobin carries oxygen through your blood to tissues...
Multivitamins are a combination of many different vitamins that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. Iron is a mineral that helps maintain your body's red blood cells. Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay in people who have a low level of fluoride in their drinking water. In most major U.S...
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Multivitamins are a combination of many different vitamins that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. Multivitamins are used to provide vitamins that are not taken in through the diet. Multivitamins are also used to treat vitamin deficiencies (lack of vitamins) caused by illness, pregnancy, poor...
This medicine is a combination of many different vitamins and minerals that are normally found in foods and other natural sources. Multivitamins and minerals are used to provide substances that are not taken in through the diet. Multivitamins and minerals are also used to treat vitamin or mineral deficiencies caused by...
Multivitamins provide essential vitamins and minerals that are not taken in to the body through diet. Fluoride strengthens tooth enamel, which helps prevent dental cavities. In most major U.S. communities, fluoride is put into the water supply. Multivitamins with fluoride are used as a supplement to the diet of infants...
This medicine is used for the following purposes: tooth decay, vitamin deficiency. Generic Name: Multivitamins with Folic Acid and Fluoride.
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
This medicine is used for the following purposes: pregnancy, vitamin deficiency. Generic Name: Beta Carotene/Calcium Carbonate/Calcium Pantothenate/Cholecalciferol/Docusate/Ferrous Fumarate/Folic Acid/Zinc Oxide/Vitamins B1.
Provides a summary of interactions with vitamins, herbs, and food
Mumps is a contagious illness caused by a virus that infects the salivary glands, especially the parotid glands (between the ear and the jaw), and that sometimes infects other glands, particularly the testicles. The glands become swollen and tender as a result of the infection. Other symptoms include belly pain and...
What is mumps? Mumps is a contagious viral infection that can cause painful swelling of the salivary glands, especially the parotid glands (between the ear and the jaw). Some people with mumps won't have gland swelling. They may feel like they have a bad cold or the flu instead. Mumps usually goes away on its own in...
Primary Remedies Belladonna. When the illness comes on quickly with high fever, a hot flushed face, and eyes that are sensitive to light, this remedy may be indicated. Shooting pains can be felt in the swollen cheek (most often the right). The person may also have a throbbing headache. . Carbo vegetabilis. When this...
