The incidence of chronic diseases for MS patients is higher than that of normal people

New research shows that compared with other chronic diseases, multiple sclerosis (MS) patients the probability of no higher than people suffering from neurological disorders.

The study included 23,400 newly-diagnosed MS patients and 116,600 ordinary people who don't have MS. Common chronic diseases include: hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, chronic lung disease, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, colitis, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. For these chronic diseases, there is a higher incidence of MS patients, except high cholesterol. 19% of MS patients and 9% of people without MS have depressive disorder.

The research results have been published in the on-line edition of March 9 of Neurolog. It was reported that many chronic diseases show gender differences. 22% of the male MS patients suffered from high blood pressure, 15% of the males without MS suffered from high blood pressure. Female rate of high blood pressure were 14% and 12% respectively. The incidence of Diabetes, epilepsy, depression, anxiety for male MS patients is higher than that of female. However, the incidence of female MS patients with chronic lung was higher than that of males.

Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie is the director at Tony Manny University Multiple Sclerosis Clinic. She said that the findings are very significant with some reasons. The study questioned whether MS has the common risk factor problems with these chronic diseases. If there is, can we find ways to reduce the risk of these diseases and MS. In addition, the study found that MS develops faster on patients with chronic diseases, so doctors and patients must be aware of this and find ways to control it. However, this study doesn't prove that MS are actually are associated with these chronic diseases.

William Grant from nutrition and health research center in San Francisco sunlight believes that a possible reason is that MS and these diseases have common risk factors. Smoking, obesity, lack of VD and omeg-3 fatty acids all can cause deterioration of MS. These factors in various combinations can also cause deterioration of those chronic diseases. Doctors should recommend people with MS pay attention to correct these problems.

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