Like all other medical conditions, multiple sclerosis triggers physiological changes in the body. The pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis entails studying all those changes in the normal biochemical, physical and mechanical processes of the body that are attributable to MS.

Multiple Sclerosis Pathophysiology from Conventional and Alternative Perspectives

Conventional medicine describes multiple sclerosis as an autoimmune condition. This means that the pathophysiology of multiple sclerosis emphasizes the immune system’s inability to recognize normal nervous tissue as healthy bodily tissue, and its subsequent efforts to attack this tissue as if it were a foreign presence in the body. Alternative medical approaches suggest different explanations of multiple sclerosis, including the view that its primary cause is not actually autoimmunity. This latter perspective emphasizes autoimmunity as a symptom of a larger, systemic condition. This condition may in turn be triggered by malnutrition, by exposure to certain pathogens, or by other factors, depending …