What is MS? - MS Trust
网页2022年4月1日 · MS is a disease affecting the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). It’s estimated that more than 150,000 people in the UK have MS. Every week around 135 more people are diagnosed. It’s nearly three times more common in women than in men. Most people are diagnosed in their 30s and 40s but it …
Disease modifying drugs (DMDs) - MS Trust
网页2022年3月1日 · Disease modifying drugs (DMDs) are a group of treatments for people with multiple sclerosis. Most DMDs are for people with relapsing remitting MS (RRMS), but there are some that are licenced for use by people with progressive MS. For people with RRMS, disease modifying drugs reduce the number of relapses you might experience as …
MS signs and symptoms - MS Trust
网页2024年1月2日 · fatigue. strange skin sensations (including numbness, tingling, pins and needles, a crawling feeling) balance and coordination problems. vision problems. walking difficulties. thinking and memory difficulties. muscle spasms and stiffness. bladder and bowel problems. temperature sensitivity.
MS hug - MS Trust
网页2022年2月1日 · The MS hug, also known as banding or girdling, is a symptom of multiple sclerosis in which you feel chest pain, rib pain or a tight uncomfortable band around your chest. It can be felt anywhere between the neck and the waist and may feel so tight around the chest that it’s painful to breathe. For some people, it can be pressure on just one ...
Functional electrical stimulation (FES) - MS Trust
网页2020年3月1日 · Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a treatment that applies small electrical charges to a muscle that has become paralysed or weakened, due to damage in your brain or spinal cord. The electrical charge stimulates the muscle to make its usual movement. In MS it is mostly used as a treatment for foot drop, where disruptions in the nerve pathways between the legs and brain mean the front ...
Early symptoms of MS - MS Trust
网页These must count as one of the more bizarre symptoms of MS, with some describing a feeling like crawling insects. Between them, Cara, Helena and Caroline felt a real mix of odd skin sensations, which are also known as altered sensations.. Cara's symptoms started when she woke with a numb foot, a feeling that spread up her leg.Then came a painful 'electric shock' sensation in her spine, which ...
Lesion (MS lesion) - MS Trust
网页Lesion (MS lesion) A lesion is an area of damage in the brain or spinal cord. Lesions in MS are sometimes also called plaques. They occur when the immune system attacks the myelin sheath around nerves. This causes inflammation and scarring, also known as sclerosis.
What's with the strange tingling, crawling, burning and prickling ...
网页2022年10月17日 · It has got nothing to do with your skin. It’s due to nerve damage in the brain and spinal cord caused by your MS. The brain can’t work out the signals it's receiving, so interprets them as sensations your body has felt before, like being squeezed or burnt. Or it latches onto something you can imagine, such as ants walking up your leg.
Types of MS - MS Trust
网页2020年10月1日 · Types of MS. Ben Turner, Consultant neurologist, Rachel Morrison, MS Specialist Nurse, and Simon Ghafur, MS Nurse Practitioner, explain the different types of MS. Not everyone's MS is the same. You might have a diagnosis of relapsing remitting MS, secondary progressive MS or primary progressive MS, but everyone has a …
Causes of MS - MS Trust
网页One 2016 study found that moving from being 'overweight' (BMI>25) to being 'obese' (BMI>30) resulted in a 41% increase in risk of developing MS. Researchers have identified a handful of genes associated with obesity that are also associated with MS. This means that if you are genetically likely to become obese, you are also more susceptible to ...