Multiple Sclerosis

What is Multiple Sclerosis?

Being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis can be a long and frustrating process. Multiple sclerosis is an elusive auto-immune disorder. The myelin insulation of the spinal cord, which is like a covering or coating, is being broken down. The body thinks it's a virus and attacks it. It leaves holes or spaces in the covering and in effect, the person is cross-wired.

Symptoms vary from person to person and range from dizziness, weakness, fatigue, bowel problems, vision loss, hearing loss, numbness in hands and feet to rigidity in arms and legs. No one person will have the same symptoms because the covering or coating on the spine will be absent in different places on each person. Being mis-diagnosed or undiagnosed is common because all these symptoms can mimic other diseases. The causes of multiple sclerosis are still unknown.

Causes of multiple sclerosis

by Cheryl L. Likins

Multiple sclerosis patients often admit that they wonder about whether a cure will be found within their lifetime. Scientists are aggressively researching the causes of MS, which will hopefully lead to a cure and better treatment options. Surprising... More>

Multiple sclerosis symptoms

by Becky Huff

Multiple sclerosis is a degenerative disease of the central nervous system. It is believed that multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune process where the body's own antibodies attack the oligodendrocytes (cells that wrap around the nerves in the br... More>

Multiple sclerosis treatment

by Leonard Konis

Multiple sclerosis (MS - disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata 1) autoimmune disease (body's immune system targets and destroys normal tissue) affecting the brain and spinal cord. 2 This autoimmune disease predominately occurs betw... More>

Explaining multiple sclerosis

by D. P. Noe

You can still have a full life if you have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Medical research has developed improved treatments that help to limit disability that can occur with multiple sclerosis. It may be surprising to know that the life ex... More>

Testimonies: Coming to terms with a Multiple Sclerosis diagnosis

by Kat Apf

My first experience with an Multiple Sclerosis episode happened when I was nineteen years old. Except I didn't know that's what it was. It would be twenty years before I was diagnosed. And while I firmly believe it's a life changing diagnosis for an... More>

Multiple sclerosis symptoms

by Melinda Mcmillan

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) I would like to educate you on Multiple Sclerosis. This is one of the most hardest thing that a person could live with. It's hard for the person who has it, and also for the family to except. I have had to do three years of h... More>