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Multiple Sclerosis Left Arm Pain
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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
The Lighter Side of Multiple Sclerosis?
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Living Day to Day with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis
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Different Exercises for Multiple Sclerosis Patients
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"autoimmunies r'us": A Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis and Rheumatoid...
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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: Treatment
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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