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The most common symptoms include loss of vision, double vision, stiffness, weakness, imbalance, loss of co-ordination, numbness, pain, problems with bladder and bowel control, fatigue, speech and swallowing disorders, sexual difficulties, emotional changes, intellectual impairment. The type and number of symptoms vary greatly from one individual to another, depending on where the damage occurs in the brain or spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis can for example cause [http://www.physio-pedia.com/index.php5?title=Lumbar_Radiculopathy lumbar radiculopathy].The disease is the most common cause of neurological disability affecting people in their productive years, between 15 and 55 years of age.<ref name="1">European-wide recommendations on rehabilitation for people affected by multiple sclerosis; EMSP & R.I.MS; october 2004</ref> It afflicts women more often than men (ratio of approximately 2:1).<ref name="2">Sean Horton, Dany J. MacDonald, Karl Erickson; MS, exercise, and the potential for older adults. | |||
Eur Rev Aging Phys Act. 2010; 7:49–57</ref> Overall course and prognosis in multiple sclerosis is most likely to be related to age and the occurrence of the progressive phase of the disease, rather than to relapses or other clinical parameters. Individual prognosis remains hazardous.<ref name="3">Sandra Vukusica and Christian Confavreux.; Natural history of multiple sclerosis: risk factors and prognostic indicators.; Current Opinion in Neurology. 2007; 20:269–274</ref> | |||
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Definition/Description
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a complex, chronic, neurological disease, affecting the insulation surrounding nerve fibres (axons) of the central nervous system and the axons. The coating(myelin), protects nerve cells and allows the efficient transmission of electrical impulses along nerve fibres. Because of the progrssive nature and the variation in location of the nervous system result in many clinical presentations. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune diseas in wich an immune system dysfunction produces an inflammatory attack directed against the myelin in a process called demyelination but the exact cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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Characteristics/Clinical Presentation
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The most common symptoms include loss of vision, double vision, stiffness, weakness, imbalance, loss of co-ordination, numbness, pain, problems with bladder and bowel control, fatigue, speech and swallowing disorders, sexual difficulties, emotional changes, intellectual impairment. The type and number of symptoms vary greatly from one individual to another, depending on where the damage occurs in the brain or spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis can for example cause lumbar radiculopathy.The disease is the most common cause of neurological disability affecting people in their productive years, between 15 and 55 years of age.Cite error: Invalid <ref>
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