Mutiple Sclerosis is a disease in which white blood cells destroy the myelin sheath on nerve cells?

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what affect would this have on a nerve cell?
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Aspartame is a toxic nerve pioson that in tests, caused brain tumours in rats, Why was it passed by the FDA?

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Senior brain surgeons are claiming that Aspartame is probably responsible for a huge increase in brain tumours and diseases. Why then, was it passed by the FDA as fit for human consumption?
I have heard that the guy in the Regan Administration that allowed Aspartame to be used in food, went on to become the CEO of Serle, the company that makes, you guessed it, Aspartame.
Again I should be dead and buried - I've taken aspartame for about 15 years now and I'm still here. One thing they forgot to mention (I read about those experiments) the rats were given such a massive dose that no human being could possibly ingest in not one but two lifetimes. I mean you would have to eat the stuff with a shovel. That's why the rats developed those tumors. The amount given to those rats was way over-the-top out of proportion.

And by the way I've never had headaches or any other kind of side effects.

Funny isn't it people keep complaining about how much deadly stuff is in our food and how much pollution there is in the air and about global warming and the ozone layer yet our life expectancy has never been so high.  (+ info)

symptoms of nerve diseases?

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Which herb tablets help to maintain or repair nerve function or symptoms of Parkinson's disease?

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Thanks in advance.
Also this is for 60 years old male.
Actually, there are a few things that can help. Funny enough, Dr. Julian Whitaker just had an article in his most recent newsletter about this, too. He said that CoQ10, Vitamin E, Fish Oil, Creatine, Vitamin D, N-Acetyl-Cysteine, Vitamin C, Glutathione, and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy can all have beneficial impacts towards Parkinson's Disease (all in appropriate doses, of course). No, most of them aren't herbs, but most of them are natural nutrients that the body needs anyway ;-)
His website is at http://www.drwhitaker.com if you'd like more info. Good luck to the both of you!  (+ info)

What can be done for a pinched nerve in the lower back?

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My mom is a 63 yr old woman who has scolosios/kyphosis,degenerative disc disease,osteoporosis. She has a pinched nerve in her lower back where the curvature is. What can be done to treat the pinched nerve & and relieve her excruciating pain. (Thank you for all who answered.) I should have been more precise with my original question. Please help
Two things can be done... One is to see a chiropractor who will try to easy the pain using adjustments. The second thing is to get surgery. Depending on the advancement of your mother's scoliosis, etc... Surgery may be the only option.  (+ info)

What is the disease that attacks nerve endings that is a syndrome?

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I need sources that explain in detail what happens to the nerve cells of someone with Lou Gehrig's disease?

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I'm doing a project for Biology on Lou Gehrig's Diease (ALS), and I need some websites that go into detail of what actually happens with the cell itself. The websites I've found mostly go into symptoms, forms, diagnoses, etc. I've already been to MayoClinic (had /some/ good cell info, but I need more) and ALSA.org (mostly symptoms, etc.). Thanks!
I found the link below. I put the word "astrocyte" in after my initial search of "ALS neural changes." There were some other sites that came up too -- one was too hard to read just because of the way it was formatted. Anyway. Sounds like a big project. Good luck.  (+ info)

Does nerve damage increase the possible of disease?

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I was wondering this because i know the other ways of getting diease are Genetic, Old age, and transemited
nerve damage increases disease of course,especially reflex sympathetic dystrophy is related to nerve damage  (+ info)

after doing kidney transplant how does the nerve supply of the transplanted kidney is established?

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look since transplanted kidney is placed in illiac fossa and that is subjected to compreesion so how will the body going to be aware of the pain in the kidney otherwise it will destroyand also it will make aware to the body of the inflammation and infection. Also why does usually the diseased kidneys are left intact in the body of patient even after the transplanted kidney is present hence there are three kidneys inside the body? .wont it going to add much load on the transplanted kidney?
When a kidney is transplanted the nerves are not reconnected. Within 6 months of transplant the organ is considered totally denervated. Transplanted kidneys have been studied as a model of kidney denervation. While pain is usually brought about by sympathetic fibres within the organ and capsule of the organ. The only fibres that are available are those around the organ in the nearby tissues thus any inflammation will cause these fibres to fire give rise to pain due to that and the pain may be felt as if coming from the new kidney. There is no problem with where the kidney is placed as trauma to the area would be felt by your normally innervated skin and overlying muscle first.
The diseased kidneys may serve as a source high blood pressure otherwise their presence is benign. In patients who receive multiple transplants you may even have 4 kidneys inside at once. Although in recent times we have been removing grafts that are non functional to reduce future sensitization. One of the few indications for removing the native kidneys include cancer of the kidney and polycystic kidney disease which has caused massive enlargement of the kidney or if the kidney is likely to serve as a source of infection.  (+ info)

Is glaucoma a disease resulted by optic nerve or aqueous humor that lead to increased IOP?

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Glaucoma is a disease of the optic nerve.
For years it was thought that it is only high intraocular pressure that causes glaucoma.Now it is known that there are other factors also which play a role.People with normal or low intraocular pressure can also develop glaucoma(Normal tension glaucoma).  (+ info)

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