Unravelling the mystery of MS | Jack van Horssen | TEDxUHasseltSalon

Jack van Horssen gives an insight into the basic aspects of our brains and more importantly he will provide us with a comprehensive overview on the mysteries of multiple sclerosis… a horrible disease that affects over 2.3 MILLION young adults worldwide.

Neurobiologist Jack Van Horssen is someone who developed a very passionate interest in the complexity of the human central nervous system and its pathologies. After spending many years behind the microscope, he can tell you how the most miniscule detail could make all the difference. During this time, he became very intrigued about the understanding of pathological alterations that drive the disease progression of multiple sclerosis.

[cissaac]

I know many of you might be feeling hopeless after watching it (I mean, I read the comments), but I have MS. I'm 22 now, but I was diagnosed last year, when I wasn't even 21 y/o yet. Of course I got sad and, most of all, pissed, because all the treatments were getting in the way of my academic life.
But to be honest, I genuinely think all of this is so unpredictable that it's pointless to get hopeless. Life is chaotic for itself, like a lottery in many many ways. So, this is simply another element of chaos, the difference is that the other elements you're not fully aware of. It can get scary and all but there's no other way than to deal with it. There's no guarantees that in your own case all of this will happen and you'll lose the abilities that you treasure, so there's no point in freaking out because for all we all know there's a possibility that nothing will happen and you are getting stressed or even sad, feeling all of these negatives stuff in vain. There are new researches getting results everyday and they find new things out all the time, even if the knowledge is not complete now, that may not be the case in ten or even five years. So, really, don't let all this beat you, we're in this together and all we can do is hope things will happen in a great way and deal with our symptoms the best way possible until something really happens or some scientist discovers some game changing solution. Trust life and carry on!

[__Wanderer]

Diagnosed 3 months ago - my optic neuritis never resolved - i am now blind in my left eye and I am still young :( i am fearful of the future - this disease is horrific. You are constantly in fear of having an attack that may leave you even more disabled or lose mental abilities. Gradually seeing yourself being destroyed - almost like being in a car crash every couple years.

[dasunnirmitha]

I'm from Sri Lanka & I'm like one out of less than a dozen MS patients over here. I'm 27 btw. Diagnosed when I was 21.

[Fatschwab]

As a person with MS, here's what I heard. If you have MS, that sucks for you. If you've had MS for 10 to 15 years it's even worse.
Hang in there! There is hope!

[multiplesclerosistheowners]

This YouTube video, fortunately, is out of date. Primary Progressive MS now has a treatment, Ocravus, which has demonstrated some encouraging outcomes with quite mild side-effects. It's not a cure, but it is at least something.

[sweetov]

Memory problems Is more stressful to cope with than being in a wheelchair.

[garnix]

Well - I have Primary Progressive MS - but I am quite "lucky", as there is since 2019 a treatment for PPMS.

[BlueBabyAngelBunny]

edit: im not actually hopeless, read my replies.

This just made me feel hopeless about having MS...

[dagmar]

This is easily explained by the vascular theory. Basically vascular system is what is failing because it cannot let the blood flow properly causing reflux which then causes the immune system to march in to try to fix the damage the broken vessel has caused.

[demoskunk]

There is now almost 1 million people with MS in the U.S. That means there's probably closer to 5 million people suffering from MS worldwide.

[medicinekeysformrcps]

For MSers, do not forget your vitamin D.

[rianneuijterwaal]

Is this still up to date? Is it a "guarantee" that relapse remission after 10/15 years moves to progressive MS????

[aliwahide]

Anyone suffering with MS: please see research by Dr. Terry Wahls

[maureenk]

Isn't Dr. Swank's diet (see John McDougall also) a very successful treatment?

[JanetWark]

WHY DOESN'T THE MS SOCIETY SUPPORT OUR ONLY OPTION FOR REMISSION??? DR.RICHARD BURT THE PIONEER OF HSCT, HIS FIRST BOOK "EVERYDAY MIRACLES" IS A MUST READ.

[numbr]

Ocrelizumab is effective against Progressive MS. Another predictor of disease course is the number of months / years between relapses. The more time between relapses, the less likely RRMS will transition over to progressive MS.

[realitateatm]

TedX Talks, this video should not be on YouTube. This person refers to people as objects of study. When has that become acceptable? What hope or encouragement does this presentation give? What is the key outcome? Any groundbreaking discoveries? No. Just an extremely generalised introduction. I don’t see any value whatsoever.

[renescarb]

I'm done with this video its depressing

[mzkarla]

I dont take MS drugs. Marijuana is good.