how does botox help ms patients?

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My sister has MS and is having problems walking so her doctor gave her a spinal injection of botox. she says that she is worse now.

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Tell A Doctor That It Is worse Now

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MS to be an autoimmune disease -- one in which the body, through its immune system, launches a defensive attack against its own tissues. In the case of MS, it is the nerve-insulating myelin that comes under assault. Botox is a toxin that blocks the release of ACh from the neuron, which prevents it from binding to receptor to prevent muslce movments. Botulinum Toxin can be used for Cervical dystonia (spasmodic torticollis)- abnormal muscle movements within the neck.

Botox is a military grade chemical that paralyzes muscles. It is supposed to paralyze the muscles that are at the heart of the problem there by granting relief of muscle spasms. As with all chemicals they don't always work the same way for everyone and so they can have different end results; there may also be the chance that the wrong muscle was injected.

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