Multiple Sclerosis or MS is a neurological disorder which affects about 100,000 people in the UK. About three times more women are affected than men, the reasons behind this are not clear. Nerve cells are surrounded by a protein called myelin, if someone has MS this becomes damaged when the immune system mistakes the self-myelin as foreign and attacks it.This affects the transmission of impulses along the nerve cells.
The symptoms caused by MS are highly varied, some people for example can become blind, others find that their speech is impaired. Unfortunately almost all people suffering with MS experience ranging magnitudes and types of pain.
There are also several different recognised types of MS, these include: relapsing remitting MS, secondary progressive MS, primary progressive MS, benign MS and occasinally MS in children. PPMS is said to be the worst type with symptoms becoming progressively worse with little relief as time goes on.
There is currently no cure for MS although Disease Modifying Therapies (DMTs) are used to reduce the amount of relapses a person with MS experience, most of these are only suitable for SPMS.
https://www.mssociety.org.uk/what-is-ms/treatments-and-therapies/licensed-disease-modifying-drugs
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