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What is MS?

Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system (CNS), including the brain, optic nerve and spinal cord. Each nerve fiber in the white matter of the CNS is...

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Types of MS

Multiple Sclerosis varies highly from person to person. This is due to the fact that it occurs in different locations of the central nervous system. In most cases of MS the symptoms in the initial...

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Causes of MS

Despite intensive research on this condition, there are no known common causes of MS. The following factors have been considered but the causes of MS in relation to them are still unknown. Viruses...

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MS Diagnosis and Symptoms

MS diagnosis is usually based on the occurrence of known MS symptoms that are indicators thereof, as well as imaging data of the brain. This is not a straight forward process. So far none of all the...

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ABC’s of Multiple Sclerosis

A – awareness.There is still a huge lack of understanding by the general public about MS. We are not contagious, we didn’t do something to cause MS in our lives, there is no known cure and it’s not all...

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