Multiple sclerosis symptoms
Multiple sclerosis – what is it?
In short, multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammation of the central nervous system ie your brain and spinal cord. Nervous tissue is divided into grey matter or white matter. Multiple sclerosis affects the white matter. People with multiple sclerosis develop plaques (patches) on the white matter (this is where myelin – the conductive sheath surrounding the nerves is damaged or lost) and this affects the conductivity of signals passing through the spine and brain. So symptoms of multiple sclerosis will vary between people if only because if different parts of your nervous system is affected, then different parts of your body will be affected. This is why multiple sclerosis is often very hard to diagnose and pick up.
Multiple sclerosis symptoms – general
Sufferers can experience one or more of the following :
- numbness
- tingling
- pins and needles
- muscle spasms
- vision problems
- speech problems
- urinary control problems
- sexual disfunction
- breathing problems
- coordination and balance problems
- intense fatigue
- depression
MS symptoms vary in severity between individuals, note that it’s a progressive disease and not something that you can ‘stop’. Some people will end up in wheelchairs, others only get such mild symptoms that they never even get diagnosed till at post mortem.
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