Yes,  it definetley can.  I was diagnosed with MS in December of '08.  I am 31 years old and they think that I have had this since I was 18 years old.  The doctors missed everything.  I even had kidney failure due to strep throat when I was 19 years old and had my tonsils out when I was 18.  From the kidney failure I had to have a paracardial window.  I suffer from severe pain all day in my legs due to my MS.  Just like Montel Williams.  It is absolutley horrible.  The pain radiates up and down my legs.  It feels like I am being stabbed.  I also get these feelings in my face.   Jessica Lynn Richards Holley, Ny