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Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic illness that attacks the nervous system, breaking down a white substance called myelin that protects nerve fibers. This can happen in the spinal cord, causing paralysis, in the optic nerve, causing blindness, or in the brain stem, producing loss of coordination and/or mental awareness.

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200 people are diagnosed with MS every week.
Most people are diagnosed with MS between the ages of 20 and 40.
MS is very unpredictable, and severity of symptoms differ person to person.
MS is not a hereditary disease.
In many cases of MS, the disease can disappear and reappear over months or years, sometimes creating an incorrect diagnosis.
Most MS patients live for over 30 years with the illness.
There is no cure for MS, but new drugs are being tested all the time.
MS is more common in temperate climates, like the United States, but is very uncommon in Asia or Africa.
It affects more women than it does men.