Multiple sclerosis in women: features of the course at different stages of fertile function
- Authors: Kicherova O.A.1, Akhmedova I.N.1, Reikhert L.I.1, Shevlyukova T.P.1, Bulatova I.A.2
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Affiliations:
- Tyumen State Medical University
- Ye.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University
- Issue: Vol 42, No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 29-41
- Section: Review of literature
- URL: https://bakhtiniada.ru/PMJ/article/view/312897
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/pmj42329-41
- ID: 312897
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Abstract
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic dysimmune neurodegenerative disease that predominantly affects young women, has a high risk of disability and significantly impairs the quality of life. Considering the high medical and social significance of multiple sclerosis, issues related to the management of the disease at different periods of a woman's life cycle deserve special attention.
The disease is associated with hormonal levels, its impact on fertility is discussed, as well as the risk of transmitting the disease to the offspring. The authors consider the course of MS in pregnant women, as well as approaches to pregnancy planning in patients receiving disease modifying drugs (DMD) for multiple sclerosis. The data on the prognosis of the disease in the near and late postpartum period are analyzed, and the features of the course of the disease during menopause are considered.
Studying the features of the disease course in women at different ages in relation to changes in hormonal levels contributes to a more complete understanding of its pathogenesis and treatment strategy.
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Oksana A. Kicherova
Tyumen State Medical University
Author for correspondence.
Email: pan1912@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7598-7757
SPIN-code: 3162-0770
DSc (Medicine), Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Neurology with the Course in Neurosurgery of the Institute of Clinical Medicine
Russian Federation, TyumenIlfira N. Akhmedova
Tyumen State Medical University
Email: abubyackirova.ilfira@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0006-2976-2940
Resident of the Department of Neurology with the Course in Neurosurgery of the Institute of Clinical Medicine
Russian Federation, TyumenLyudmila I. Reikhert
Tyumen State Medical University
Email: lir0806@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4313-0836
SPIN-code: 1703-2302
DSc (Medicine), Professor, Professor of the Department of Neurology with a Course in Neurosurgery of the Institute of Clinical Medicine
Russian Federation, TyumenTatyana P. Shevlyukova
Tyumen State Medical University
Email: tata21.01@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7019-6630
DSc (Medicine), Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the Institute of Maternity and Childhood
Russian Federation, TyumenIrina A. Bulatova
Ye.A. Vagner Perm State Medical University
Email: bula.1977@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7802-4796
MD, Professor of the Department of Faculty Therapy No. 2, Occupational Pathology and Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics
Russian Federation, PermReferences
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