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Double Vision Multiple Sclerosis?
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
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What Is It?
Multiple sclerosis, sometimes called just MS, is a disabling, neurological illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. The disease also is progressive, meaning it continues to get worse over time.
Nerve cells normally are surrounded by an insulating sheath made of a fatty substance called myelin that helps to transmit nerve impulses. In MS, this myelin sheath is inflamed or damaged, which disrupts or slows nerve impulses and leaves areas of scarring called sclerosis. These areas...
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From Our Experts
Optic Neuritis: How Multiple Sclerosis Affects Your Eyes & Vision
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Vertigo and Eye Movements in Multiple Sclerosis
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The Multiple Sclerosis Tapestry: Interviews with People Whose Lives...
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From Our Sources
Multiple Sclerosis: Risk Factors
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis appear in a variety of ways. Most patients first have a single attack of symptoms, a neurological episode called a... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Source: HealthCentral Encyclopedia
Article updated and reviewed by Associate Professor of Medicine / Neurology, Cooper University Hospital & Robert Wood Johnson Medical School on... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
MS; Demyelinating diseaseSymptomsSymptoms vary, because the location and severity of each attack can be different. Episodes can last for days, weeks,... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Highlights
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
What Is Multiple Sclerosis?Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the central nervous system. MS is thought to be an autoimmune... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Complications
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Most patients first seek medical help after an initial attack of symptoms called a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). Not all patients who have a... Read more »
Optic Neuritis: How Multiple Sclerosis Affects Your Eyes and Vision
What is optic neuritis? According to ADAM Medical Encyclopedia, optic neuritis is "inflammation of the optic nerve; it may cause sudden, reduced vision in the affected eye." Though the exact cause is unknown, sudden swelling of the optic nerve...
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