What Are the Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?
Multiple Sclerosis is a disorder that is characterized by the faulty transmission of signals between cells in the human nervous system (neurons). The resulting effects on a person’s physical and mental performance are manifold, intermittent or permanent, minor or severe. The disease commonly begins as twitching, crossing or blurring in a person’s eyesight and advances to progressive difficulty and weakening in the use of upper or lower limbs on one side of the body. Other symptoms include any of the following:
annoying itching, numbness, or tingling sensations,
muscle or joint pains similar to toothache,
urinary and bowel control problems,
sexual dysfunction
impairment of thinking and speech,
loss of balance, coordination, or reaction speed in the use of major motor muscles,
shortness of breath,
early daily experience of tiredness or fatigue.
The disease is commonly diagnosed through x-ray or magnetic resonance images of brain and spinal chord tissues that are scarred where their electric-signal-conducting lining (myelin) has disappeared owing to an attack by the body’s immune system. No cure has yet been found for MS nor is it known what causes it. Several pharmaceuticals have been demonstrated to reduce the severity and frequency of symptomatic episodes, but not to eliminate them.