You may or may not have MS. You are hearing terms like lesions, demyelination, oligoclonal bands, brain atrophy, white spots, disease-modifying drugs, etc., etc.
Maybe you have heard the term "Spinal MS." What is that?! I thought MS was either relapsing-remitting, primary progressive, secondary progressive, progressive relapsing, or "benign."
The lesions caused by multiple sclerosis can occur anywhere within the central nervous system which includes the brain, the spinal cord, and the...
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Look Ma No New Lesions!
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Multiple sclerosis linked to headaches
Researchers at the University of Catania have found that people who have multiple sclerosis (MS) are more likely to suffer from headaches than people... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Complications
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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 »
Multiple Sclerosis: Risk Factors
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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: Introduction
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease that involves the central nervous system (CNS), the nerves that comprise the brain and spinal cord.... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis
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The goals of treatment for multiple sclerosis are:Modify the disease course by reducing the number and severity of relapses (also called... Read more »
Unusual Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
Most people associate multiple sclerosis with such symptoms as loss of mobility, fatigue, and problems with speech. But there are other, less commons symptoms reported among MS patients, as well. In this slideshow, we’ll explore some of these...
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