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What is MS?
For anyone with an interest in the condition.
Just Diagnosed
Aimed primarily at people just or in the process of being diagnosed.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common disabling neurological condition affecting young adults. Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS.
MS is the result of damage to
myelin
- a protective sheath surrounding nerve fibres of the
central nervous system
.
When myelin is damaged, this interferes with messages between the brain and other parts of the body.
For some people, MS is characterised by periods of relapse and remission while for others it has a progressive pattern. For everyone, it makes life unpredictable.
MS can bring with it lots of questions, find the answers to many of these in the following sections. You can move between sections at any time by clicking on the left hand menu:
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