| - Approximately 2,500,000 people with multiple sclerosis.
- The Multiple sclerosis is one of the most common diseases of central nervous system in young adults.
- Sclerosis means hardening ... are the plaques or lesions in the brain and spinal cord.
- In multiple sclerosis damages the myelin sheath that protects nerve fibers in the central nervous system.
- inflammation and eventual loss of myelin causes disruption of nerve transmission and affects many bodily functions.
- Although the exact cause of MS, there is much info on their effect on immune system functions, which may be the ultimate cause of the disease.
- MS is not directly inherited although genetic susceptibility plays an important role in its development.
- Multiple sclerosis is not contagious.
- More women than men with multiple sclerosis.
- MS usually diagnosed between 20 and 40 years although the disease may begin earlier.
- Multiple sclerosis is rarely diagnosed under 12 years old or older than 55 years.
- The life span is not significantly affected by multiple sclerosis.
- Fatigue is a common symptom of multiple sclerosis.
- Multiple sclerosis is more common in countries far from Ecuador.
- The heat may temporarily worsen symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis.
- No drugs to cure MS but now there is treatment available that can change the course of the disease.
- Your doctor and your national MS are important sources of information about the disease.
- Many of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis can be treated and controlled successfully.
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