Can MS be treated?
What are the general patterns?
Is it easily diagnosed?
Depending on which areas of the central nervous system are affected symptoms can be
very different and may vary from time to time. They can change in severity and
duration, even in the same person.
Most people with MS will experience more than one symptom.
Altered Sensation:
Burning or tingling , numbness in an area of the body.
Pain muscle pain facial pain,( trigeminal neuralgia)
Itching
Numbness
Balance and Coordination
The ability to coordinate muscular movement.
Ataxia,Dysmetria
Intention tremor
Tremor
Vertigo
Bladder & Bowel:
Bladder
Frequent need to empty bladder urgently
Incomplete emptying
Flaccid Bladder
Bowel Dysfunction
Constipation
Fecal Urgency
Cognitive & Emotional Disturbances:
Cognitive
Effects, concentration, reasoning, and short term memory.
Emotional
Depression
Common during the course of MS
MS and the Mind
Emotional Aspects
Fatigue
Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms of MS.
MS Fatigue is unpredictable, and often debilitating.
Gait
Difficulty in walking
Motor disturbance
Spasticity:
(Can affect different areas of the body).
Muscles can become stiff which can affect walking
Muscles spasms
Dysarthria
Poorly articulated speech resulting from dysfunction of the
muscles controlling speech, usually caused by damage to the
central nervous system.
Footdrop
A condition of weakness in the muscles of the foot and ankle,
caused by poor nerve conduction, which interferes with a person’s ability to
flex the ankle and walk with a normal heel-toe pattern. The toes touch the
ground before the heel, causing the person to trip or lose balance.
Numbness>
Face, body, or extremities
Pain
Pain syndromes
Pain—The Basic Facts
Seizures
Sensitivity to Heat
Normally causes a worsening of symptoms.
Sexuality & Intimacy:
Impotence
Loss of sensation
Speech:
Difficulty swallowing
Changes in rhythm of speech
Slurring of words
Visual disturbances:
MS and Vision
Blurred vision
Double vision (diplopia)
Involuntary rapid eye movement
Optic neuritis
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