Damascus-Sana
The Syrian Association of Neuroscience in cooperation with the Syrian Society for Supporting MS patients launched (the first day of MS in Syria) in order to increase the support of patients and create community awareness towards it as one of the chronic diseases to reach early diagnosis, treatment and optimal social care.
The events held at the Sheraton Hotel in Damascus included a number of scientific lectures to introduce the disease and the role of nutrition and physical therapy in improving the lifestyle of patients in addition to the experiences of a group of patients and their companions.
The President of the Syrian Association for Neuroscience Dr. Anas Jawhar in his speech to the need to establish a national register of patients with MS in the Ministry of Health, like other chronic diseases, noting the efforts of the ministry in providing treatment adjusted for the free progress of the disease.
According to Dr. Gohar, the number of MS patients registered with the MS Committee in the Ministry of Health, which was created in 2001 to 4,000 patients, while it is expected that the number of about 7 thousand indicating that the disease affects the category of young people between the ages of 20 to 40 years Productive society and lack of early diagnosis and provide appropriate treatment leads to motor and cognitive deficits.
For her part, Dr. Hala Shaheen, a founding member of the association, said that the association aims to provide therapeutic, physical and psychological services to patients, train nursing staff and patients' companions on the mechanism of living with the disease and improve the patient's lifestyle. For patients.
According to the neurologist at Damascus Hospital, Dr. Kifaya Maysar, MS is known as a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system, forming immune antibodies that attack the axial envelope of the nerves. It has four clinical patterns, the first of which is known as the clinical isolation syndrome, which lasts from 24 hours to a month. Youth category and have more in women 4 to 5 times.
Medical therapist Dr. Azmi Farid pointed out that modern therapeutic theories confirmed that the basis of the immune problem for a number of chronic diseases is due to malnutrition and a difference in the intestinal flora (bacteria useful in the intestine), pointing to the importance of eating foods rich in omega-3, especially fresh meat, vegetables, milk and stay away About canned foods and saturated with hydrogenated fats.
Dr. Hisham Tenbakji, a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation, stressed the importance of following the patient's balance and walking exercises and some light aerobic exercises and continue his daily life activity, pointing to the need to form a medical team of neurologists, nutrition and physical therapy to participate in the development of a therapeutic program suitable for each case.
40-year-old Raja Dabah described her experience with the disease since 2014 with pain and hope, stressing the role of psychological support in coping with the disease and limiting its development, while 29-year-old Sameh Shehab said his diagnosis took a long time after six months of total blindness and after a treatment trip. His situation improved and today he continues his studies alongside his work.
He pointed out that Munther Angeli that he has been accompanying his wife on the journey of treatment for the disease 25 years ago and through the will they were able to overcome difficult stages of it and live with him like any other disease.
Ines Svan
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