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Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Women
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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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Sexual Dysfunction and Multiple Sclerosis
UNDERSTANDING HOW MS CAN AFFECT SEXUAL FUNCTION Sexual dysfunction is a common and very distressing symptom that affects up to 70... Read more »
MS in Men and Women: Disability, Compliance, Personality and Mental...
We have discussed differences between men and women who develop multiple sclerosis. Next we explored how hormones, specifically... Read more »
Sexual Dysfunction in Women Living with Multiple Sclerosis
PRIMARY SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH MS The most frequently described symptoms in women include decreased sexual desire, diminished... Read more »
What you need to Know about Osteoporosis if you have Multiple...
The main thing you need to know is that you are more at risk for Osteoporosis if you are a woman who also has MS. Osteoporosis is... Read more »
Interviews with People Who are Living with Multiple Sclerosis: Meet...
Since my diagnosis over a year ago with MS, I have come to meet a lot of really inspirational people who have been living and... Read more »
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MS symptoms
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
About 400,000 Americans and 2.5 million people worldwide suffer from MS.AgeOnset generally occurs between the ages of 20 and 50 years in 70% of... 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 (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 »
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