Pediatric MS
Less than 5% of adults with Multiple Sclerosis also exhibited telling behaviors prior to 18 years old. Multiple Sclerosis is particular difficult to determine by pediatricians due to overlapping symptoms with other childhood health conditions. Children display many similar Multiple Sclerosis symptoms as adults, with the exception that they may also experience seizures or have an onset of pronounced lethargy or other mental indicators. Although MS progression is slower in children, increasing disability may build up due to overall time of MS condition incubation.
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Pediatric multiple sclerosis. Now there's a phrase you don't hear every day. But, sadly, it does exist.MS, for all its variations and symptoms that come and go, is an extremely difficult disease to confirm in any case. Because MS is most often diagnosed in people over the age of 30, pediatricians generally do not look for symptoms in children.…
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