
9 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Facts You Should Know - Healthline
2021年1月29日 · Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease, which means it affects your nerves. It’s also an autoimmune disease. This means your body’s defenses against disease malfunction and start...
Multiple sclerosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
2024年11月1日 · 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.
Multiple Sclerosis: Facts, Statistics, and You - Healthline
2025年1月29日 · Multiple sclerosis (MS) is one of the most widespread disabling neurological conditions of young adults around the world. It affects almost 1 million people in the United...
Multiple sclerosis - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年8月7日 · Key facts. Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects function in cognitive, emotional, motor, sensory, or visual areas and occurs as a result of a person’s immune system attacking their brain and spinal cord. It is estimated that over 1.8 million people have MS worldwide. People of all ages can be affected, but it is more common in young adults and in ...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) > Fact Sheets - Yale Medicine
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) • A disease that causes damage to the central nervous system that can ultimately lead to paralysis • Symptoms include numbness in extremities, vision problems, and vertigo
Understanding MS - National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system. Currently there is no cure. Symptoms vary from person to person and may include fatigue, mobility challenges, cognitive changes and vision issues. Nearly 1 million people in the United States live with MS and 2.8 million worldwide.
MS Facts vs. Myths - National Multiple Sclerosis Society
2023年3月6日 · Reliable, up-to-date scientific information can help people with MS minimize their symptoms and maximize their quality of life. Read on as the experts dispel some of the most common misconceptions about MS. MYTH: MS is contagious. TRUTH: It’s not.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Overview and More - Verywell Health
2025年1月23日 · Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys the protective covering of nerve cells (myelin) of the brain, spinal cord, and/or eyes. This impairs nerve signaling and causes a wide variety of potential symptoms, such as muscle weakness, pain, and problems with thinking and memory.
The facts about MS
8 facts about MS. MS is a condition that affects your brain and spinal cord (your central nervous system) MS is a life long condition but people don’t usually die from it; More than 150,000 people in the UK have MS; MS is the most common central nervous system condition that affects young adults; MS isn't infectious or contagious.
Essential MS Facts to Mark MS World Day - MultipleSclerosis.net
We've put together a list of facts about MS: Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) in which a person's immune system attacks the protective covering (myelin) of the body's nerve fibers, resulting in communication problems between the brain and the rest of the body.