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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological disease of young adults with symptom onset generally occurring between the ages of 20 to 40 years. In MS, the immune system cells t...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is classified into different types and progressive stages of the disease. Learn more about each type and their characteristics.
Learn about your options for treating multiple sclerosis (MS), including different types of disease-modifying drugs, various therapies, and lifestyle changes.
With this type of MS, a person’s symptoms steadily worsen, even... with multiple sclerosis. If the disease were left untreated, about 50% of patients would convert to SPMS within a decade...
Overview ; Multiple sclerosis is a disease that causes breakdown of the protective covering of nerves. Multiple sclerosis can cause numbness, weakness, trouble walking, vision changes and other symptoms. It's also known as MS. In MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers, known as myelin. This interrupts communication between the brain and the rest of the body. Eventually, the disease can cause permanent damage of the nerve fibers. Symptoms of MS depend on the ...
Lesions of Baló's concentric sclerosis are characterized by alternating layers of myelinated and demyelinated tissue. The reason for concentric demyelination in this variant of multiple sclerosis i...
Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) is the most common type of MS. It's characterized by periods of neurologic symptoms and times of remission.
A study of 16,000 people suggests that human herpesvirus 6A is a risk factor for developing multiple sclerosis, reinvigorating a neglected hypothesis that the virus could be involved in triggering...