There is pain in MS. It can be acute or chronic, generally categorized as neuropathic, musculoskeletal, or tertiary. Let's begin looking at details.
Sometimes the nervous system does not function properly, and it actually becomes the cause of pain. Neuropathic (nervous disease) pain is the most common kind in MS. That makes sense because MS is a central nervous system disease. Today I am going to talk about details and specific neuropathic pain.
Francois Bethoux, MD, director of...
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