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- Multiple sclerosis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
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
- Multiple sclerosis - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
A comprehensive MS center is the best place for management of multiple sclerosis, and this typically includes physicians with expertise in multiple sclerosis, neurologists, but also urologists, physiatrists or physical medicine and rehabilitation providers, psychologists, and many other providers who have specialty interest in multiple sclerosis
- Multiple sclerosis care at Mayo Clinic
Multiple sclerosis care at Mayo Clinic Your Mayo Clinic care team Mayo Clinic's world-renowned multiple sclerosis teams include neurologists, physical medicine and rehabilitation specialists (physiatrists), urologists, psychiatrists, and neuro-ophthalmologists, as well as other specialists working together as a multidisciplinary team to evaluate and treat everyone
- Exploring the role of critical spinal cord lesions in progressive MS
Studies of the development of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) have focused mostly on brain parenchymal changes Mayo Clinic physician-scientists are investigating the role of what they call "critical" demyelinating spinal cord lesions "We have found a compelling association between prominent
- Emerging treatments for multiple sclerosis - Mayo Clinic
There is no cure for multiple sclerosis (MS) However, progress has been made in developing new medicines to treat it Research is ongoing to develop new and better disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) for this disease of the central nervous system DMTs can reduce the frequency and severity of MS
- Vitamins for MS: Do supplements make a difference?
Many people look to complementary and alternative therapies to treat symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS) Among them, dietary supplements, including high-dose vitamins, are used most frequently But will taking more than the recommended daily allowance of certain vitamins help your MS? The question
- Multiple sclerosis: Can it cause seizures? - Mayo Clinic
Seizures occur more often in people with multiple sclerosis than in the general population
- Optic neuritis - Symptoms causes - Mayo Clinic
Optic neuritis occurs when swelling (inflammation) damages the optic nerve — a bundle of nerve fibers that transmits visual information from your eye to your brain Common symptoms of optic neuritis include pain with eye movement and temporary vision loss in one eye
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