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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Symptoms Of Multiple Sclerosis

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Are You Having Cognitive Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

By Dr. Kantor Health Expert

This is the first installment of a two part series on the cognitive symptoms associated with MS.

 

While much attention is placed on the movement aspects of MS, most patients are concerned with the potential for cognitive symptoms, such as memory difficulties.

MS can cause tip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, where one has to struggle to find the word they are looking for. While this happens to all of us at some point, it can occur more often with people with MS.

 

Other cognitive symptoms include di...

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