• MS is not contagious
• MS has 5 treatment centers to help the people with the disease in Massachusetts
• MS attacks bone marrow, a gel that resides within bones that produce red blood cells
• MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system
• MS' symptoms may run the gamut from slight blurring of vision to complete paralysis
• MS is unpredicable
• MS is rarely fatal
• An estimated third of a million Americans have multiple sclerosis
• MS is currently incurable, but it is largely treatable
• Most MS treatments are symptomatic; that is, they relieve or prevent a symptom, without being able to repair the underlying defect of demyelination
• A new class of experimental drugs such as 4-aminopyridine, may actually temporarily reverse symptoms of MS by promoting more efficient electrical conduction through demyelinated nerves
• MS is variable; symptoms may be mild to severe and may come and go. No two people with MS will experience exactly the same things
• MS is not fatal