Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a long-term autoimmune disease that attacks the central nervous system, including the brain, spinal cord and nerves.
These attacks damage the tissue that protects the nerves, making it hard for your brain to communicate with the rest of your body. This leads to symptoms that can be mild, moderate or debilitating.
Our team has experience diagnosing and treating all @types of MS, including:
Relapsing-remitting: This is the most common form of MS. There are clear relapses (or flare-ups) of symptoms and periods of recovery between each relapse.
Primary-progressive: Symptoms steadily progress without clear relapses or periods of recovery.
Secondary progressive: This starts as relapsing-remitting MS. Then, over time, symptoms worsen and relapses may last longer.
Progressive-relapsing: There is steady worsening of symptoms over time with regular flare-ups that may not be followed by periods of recovery.
Experts still don’t know exactly what causes MS, but it appears that genetics and environmental factors play a role. MS is not directly inherited, but having a close family member with MS is a risk factor for the disease. MS is also more common in women.