Treatment with a long-term disease-modifying therapy (DMT) is crucial for most people with MS, since disease activity and damage usually continue within the CNS even when no new symptoms are […]

Relapses, also referred to as exacerbations, attacks, flare-ups, episodes, or bouts, are initially experienced by most people diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). Relapses occur with relapsing-remitting and sometimes secondary-progressive forms […]

Diagnosing and evaluating MS disease activity is most reliably done by neurologists through a neurological history and examination. Tests that can indicate MS and rule out “MS mimickers” (other diseases […]

Researchers have studied a variety of possible causes for multiple sclerosis (MS), and a combination of factors appears to be involved. A popular theory looks at commonly known slow-acting viruses […]

Initially, most people with MS experience symptom flare-ups, which are also known as relapses, exacerbations, or attacks. When people experience a relapse, they may be having new symptoms or an […]

Estimating the number of people with MS, both in the United States and around the world, has posed many challenges. However, as international groups work together to provide data, reports […]

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS consists of the brain, optic nerves, and spinal cord. With MS, areas of the CNS become […]

The fact that MS symptoms flare up and subside, combined with the unpredictability of symptoms, has made MS a difficult disease to recognize, define, and treat. Since the late 1300s, […]

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable disorder that can cause a variety of symptoms, which for many, can flare-up and then subside over the course of days, months, or even […]