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What Disabilities Are Caused By Multiple Sclerosis?
Prognosis
Multiple sclerosis is not a fatal disease. Except in rare cases of severe disease, most people with multiple sclerosis have a normal or near-normal life span and usually die from the same conditions (heart disease, cancer) that affect the general population. Still, MS symptoms can negatively affect quality of life. Suicide rates among patients with MS are higher than average.
The majority of patients with MS do not become severely disabled. Twenty years after diagnosis, about two-thirds...
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From Our Experts
Multiple Sclerosis Can Cause Society to View You Differently
“You look so good!” What is it about that phrase that makes those of us with MS cringe? Visit any MS related website or blog and... Read more »
Fatigue and Sleepiness in Multiple Sclerosis
Fatigue or tiredness is extremely common in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and is an important cause of disability. The mechanism for this symptom... Read more »
Cognitive Problems in Multiple Sclerosis
Over the last several years, a revolution continues in Neuropsychology and Biological Psychiatry: Problems of the mind are increasingly... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Disability Accommodations: Take Control and Make...
Living with multiple sclerosis often means making lifestyle changes, big and small. While it is very difficult to take that first step and... Read more »
Kitchen Design for Disabled Multiple Sclerosis Patients
This article is part of a series; for the rest of the series, visit Food and MS. The first step after you decide not to let the MS monster... Read more »
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Meet Gina Gunkel
Gina Gunkel is a photographer and author of Incidental Heroes: Disabling Myths about Multiple Sclerosis. Gina’s book is a collection of photographs... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Source: Harvard Decision Guide
What Is It? Multiple sclerosis, sometimes called just MS, is a disabling, neurological illness that affects the brain and spinal cord. The disease... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: Diagnosis
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 »
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 »
8 Multiple Sclerosis Treatments and Their Side Effects
Corticosteroids Since 2007, high doses of intravenous corticosteroids such as methylprednisone have been the first-line treatment for the prevention of disability from acute MS attacks. Osteoporosis and reversible short-term memory loss have been...
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