When Teaching the Patient with Newly Diagnosed Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

When teaching the patient with newly diagnosed multiple sclerosis (MS) about the disease, the nurse explains that

A) MS is a congenitally acquired illness that causes progressive neurologic deterioration.
B) impulses travel too fast over nerves that have lost their myelin coat and cause overstimulation of muscle fibers.
C) autoimmune processes cause gradual destruction of the myelin sheath of nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
D) antibodies are produced against acetylcholine receptors at the synapse and result in blocked muscle contraction.

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