Expanded Disability Status Scale or EDSS scale<\/strong> is a method to measure disability that can Multiple Sclerosis<\/strong> to cause to the patient and to monitor its progress. It is used both in clinical practice and in MS research and studies. It was developed by a neurologist named Kurtzke in 1983. It measures and monitors 8 functional systems related to the Central Nervous System, which is known to suffer in Disease.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n These systems are:<\/span><\/p>\n 1) Pyramidal system, with this we neurologists control the mobility and weakness of the limbs<\/span><\/p>\n 2) Cerebellar functions, concern the ability to perform coordinated movements, hand tremors, trunk stability<\/span><\/p>\n 3) Functions of the brain stem, associated with speech, swallowing, the nystagmus phenomenon<\/span><\/p>\n 4) Aesthetic function, refers to numbness and loss e.g. of touch<\/span><\/p>\n 5) Bowel and bladder functions<\/span><\/p>\n 6) Visual functions<\/span><\/p>\n 7) Higher mental functions<\/span><\/p>\n 8) Other neurological functions<\/span><\/p>\n Each operating system receives some points (0 = no impact, 5 or 6 = great impact). The score starts from 0 and goes up to 10. The examination, recording and monitoring is done by a neurologist. <\/span>IN NO CASE<\/b> it does not mean that the patient who has the disease will reach a high score. On the contrary, in recent years with the available treatments, it is not common for a patient to pass the score of 3 to 4.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Total Score 0= without any symptoms<\/span><\/p>\n Score 1.0 = no disability, but with clear symptoms from the disease<\/span><\/p>\n Score 3.0 = moderate disability<\/span><\/p>\n Score 4.0 = ability to walk without assistance<\/span><\/p>\n Score 5.5 = inability in several functions of daily life, but walking is maintained<\/span><\/p>\n Score 6.0 = needs help to be able to walk 100 meters<\/span><\/p>\n Score 7.0 = limited patient most of the time in a wheelchair<\/span><\/p>\n Score 8.5 = limited patient most hours in bed<\/span><\/p>\n Score 9.5 = major disability, patient completely bedridden, unable to communicate, dysphagia<\/span><\/p>\n Score 10 = death from MS<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u039a\u039b\u0399\u039c\u0391\u039a\u0391 EDSS Expanded Disability Status Scale \u03ae \u03ba\u03bb\u03af\u03bc\u03b1\u03ba\u03b1 EDSS \u03b5\u03af\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03ad\u03b8\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b5\u03c4\u03c1\u03ac\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03b7\u03c1\u03af\u03b1 \u03c0\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bc\u03c0\u03bf\u03c1\u03b5\u03af \u03b7 \u03c3\u03ba\u03bb\u03ae\u03c1\u03c5\u03bd\u03c3\u03b7 \u039a\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac \u03a0\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03c1\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03ad\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03c3\u03b8\u03b5\u03bd\u03ae \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03b8\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03b5\u03be\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03be\u03b7 \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2. \u03a7\u03c1\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03bc\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03af\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ba\u03bb\u03b9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03c0\u03c1\u03ac\u03be\u03b7 \u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03c2 \u03bc\u03b5\u03bb\u03ad\u03c4\u03b5\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u03a3\u03ba\u03bb\u03ae\u03c1\u03c5\u03bd\u03c3\u03b7 \u039a\u03b1\u03c4\u03ac \u03a0\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b1\u03c2. \u0388\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03c0\u03c4\u03c5\u03c7\u03b8\u03b5\u03af \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03ad\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u03bd\u03b5\u03c5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-53"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470\/revisions\/2468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dermitzaki.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The systems<\/b><\/h3>\n