MS symptoms are primarily due to the myelin sheath's demise, but can be unpredictable. The severity and duration of symptoms will vary and also depend on where damage in the central nervous system has occurred.
There are also four classifications of MS, defined by how the disease progresses: relapsing-remitting, secondary-progressive, primary-progressive, and progressive-relapsing.
In relapsing-remitting MS, patients experience symptomatic attacks (relapse) for a period of time, followed by a partial recovery (remission). These symptoms could be mild to severe, and periods of relapse-remission can last days to months. Secondary-progressive MS have relapsing-remitting MS but it becomes worse and instead the disease is always progressive. Symptoms worsen until there is a steady progression of the disease.
Primary-progressive MS patients have the disease and from the start, it steadily progresses. The severity of symptoms don't mitigate in most cases.
In progressive-relapsing MS, patients have a progressive disease with periods of exacerbated symptoms.
There are also four classifications of MS, defined by how the disease progresses: relapsing-remitting, secondary-progressive, primary-progressive, and progressive-relapsing.
In relapsing-remitting MS, patients experience symptomatic attacks (relapse) for a period of time, followed by a partial recovery (remission). These symptoms could be mild to severe, and periods of relapse-remission can last days to months. Secondary-progressive MS have relapsing-remitting MS but it becomes worse and instead the disease is always progressive. Symptoms worsen until there is a steady progression of the disease.
Primary-progressive MS patients have the disease and from the start, it steadily progresses. The severity of symptoms don't mitigate in most cases.
In progressive-relapsing MS, patients have a progressive disease with periods of exacerbated symptoms.
Other symptoms:
- Speech Disorders
- Swallowing problems
- Headache
- Hearing loss
- Seizure
- Tremor