What Is Multiple Sclerosis? (Video)
June 10, 2009 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
On Monday, I wrote about how breastfeeding may help women with multiple sclerosis (MS) reduce the risk of a relapse in the year after delivery. But, what exactly is multiple sclerosis?
MS is a neurological (nerve) disease that strikes mostly young adults and most of them are women. It’s most commonly found in people who have northern European ancestry and is more common in the northern countries. Canada has one of the highest MS rates in the world.
The disease can be quick but then take breaks (relapse remitting MS) or slow and steady (progressive). People with relapse remitting can quite possible do quite well for the times in between the “attacks.”
To learn more about what MS is, click on the TV screen below to watch a short video (a bit longer than a minute) that explains it well:
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