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Long-Term and Hospice Care for People with MS
A score below 50% may mean that hospice care could help you. Hospice’s aim is comfort, or palliative, care, not a cure. For example, hospice usuall...
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Treatment for Secondary Progressive MS
Once you switch over from relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (SPMS), you may need to adjust ...
Read moreRelapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis
For most people with RRMS, it’s best to start treatment as soon as they’re diagnosed to avoid lasting nerve damage. Some medications for RRMS fight...
Read morePrimary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
You may have symptoms for a few years but no major flares before doctors can tell you’re getting worse. Doctors think any kind of MS happens when y...
Read moreMultiple Sclerosis and The Spinal Tap
Your doctor will put a long, thin hollow needle in your low back between two bones in your lower spine below the bottom of the spinal cord where th...
Read moreHow Could You Live Better with MS?
National MS Society: 'Expert Opinion Paper: Management of MS Related,' 'Exercise as Part of Everyday Life,' 'Exercise,' 'Stress,' 'Pregnancy and Re...
Read moreHow Multiple Sclerosis Changes Over Time
Those signal changes cause the symptoms of MS. One example of an MS flare is optic neuritis, inflammation of the nerve that connects the eye and th...
Read moreMake Your Home Work for You When You Have MS
Changes around your home and to your routine can help with that, and can save you energy for things you enjoy. There are many small tweaks you can ...
Read moreMultiple Sclerosis and Depression
Your doctor may prescribe treatment or refer you to a mental health care professional, who can look at your symptoms and recommend ways to treat th...
Read moreWhat is Dysesthesia (Multiple Sclerosis Pain)?
Changes in temperature may make the pain worse, and you may feel it more after you exercise or when you're trying to sleep. Although you feel the p...
Read moreDiagnosing Multiple Sclerosis with MRI
Widespread use of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) has revolutionized the ability to diagnose multiple sclerosis. Most imaging centers will give yo...
Read moreSpeech and Swallowing Problems from MS
People with multiple sclerosis, or MS, often have trouble swallowing, a problem called dysphagia. Someone with the disease might have mild trouble ...
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