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Who Is More Likely To Get Multiple Sclerosis?
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- What Is It? & Symptoms
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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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From Our Experts
What It's Like to Have an MRI
If you are presently undergoing testing to find out if you have Multiple Sclerosis you undoubtedly will be told that you need an MRI scan.... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis Fatigue Requires Advanced Planning
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Life Behind the Smile: Confessions of an MS Patient
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Take a Look at Some Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
The following video was created to show you what Multiple Sclerosis symptoms can look like. In this short film I will show the particular... Read more »
Making Life Decisions with Multiple Sclerosis
During the course of life we occasionally find ourselves at a crossroads, a time when important decisions have to be made.I reached a... Read more »
From Our Sources
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 »
Smoking may speed multiple sclerosis
New research published in the Archives of Neurology has found that multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who smoke experience a faster progression of the... Read more »
Brain Changes in Multiple Sclerosis May Trigger Depression
According to a new study, depression in people who have multiple sclerosis (MS) may be due to biological--and not psychological--reasons.... Read more »
Multiple Sclerosis: The Autoimmune Disease Process
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
CausesAs with other autoimmune disorders, the exact cause of MS is unknown. A combination of environmental and genetic factors likely plays a... Read more »
Immune protein linked to multiple sclerosis
Scientists say they've discovered that the body's response to an immune protein may help explain why different parts of the brain can come under... Read more »
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