I was asked to write a series of
articles on Progressive MS for MS Central section of Health Central.
Most of the information on the Internet is written about Relapsing/ Remitting MS which leaves a void in the progressive area, so of course I took the challenge. Let me share with my Disaboom friends.
The first article talks about the types of MS and their various labels.
It was published May 4. Here it is --
Multiple Sclerosis - What Type Are You?
A
rose is a rose, but can we say MS is MS? After all, MS affects the
autoimmune central nervous system, and that is true for every person
who has MS. But after that it gets a bit murkey.
Just as a rose
is identified by characteristics such as color, size and fragrance, so
is each person's MS symptoms unique based on clusters, reactions, time
lines, the course of the disease and any number of other
idiosyncrasies. So yes, MS is MS, but not exactly. There are different
categories or types of MS that provide us with some degree of
understanding why symptoms of people with MS differ so greatly.
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