Most patients first seek medical help after an initial attack of symptoms called a clinically isolated syndrome (CIS). Not all patients who have a CIS go on to develop MS, and it is difficult to predict which patients will or will not.
Multiple sclerosis can be challenging to diagnose as there is no one test for it, and a number of other conditions may mimic its symptoms. To confirm a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis the doctor needs to find:
Over the past four decades, the tools for diagnosing multiple sclerosis have changed as our understanding of the disease process and... Read more »
COPD/Emphysema often goes undiagnosed, sometimes for years, after it actually starts to cause damage to the airways and lungs. As the third... Read more »
After ringing in 2009, it’s worth noting that MS research may be disparate, but it doesn’t appear to be desperate as vastly different... Read more »
In the last installment, I wrote a bit about how Mandy began to exhibit physical symptoms which, of course, would eventually be diagnosed... Read more »
My school of circumstance was University of Maryland, though considering my diagnosis was smack in the middle of those years, it might as... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
The goals of treatment for multiple sclerosis are:Modify the disease course by reducing the number and severity of relapses (also called... Read more »
Drugmaker Avigen has reported that a drug it hoped would help ease muscle problems in people suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) did not perform... Read more »
A new blood test called the VeriPsych has been designed to look for biomarkers of schizophrenia in a person's blood. Its developers say it is the... Read more »