Multiple Sclerosis.

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most common disorders of the central nervous system

Patients with multiple sclerosis must learn to cope with new situations

Patients with multiple sclerosis must learn to cope with new situations

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is in these parts one of the most common disorders of the central nervous system. It affects mainly younger people, women more often than men, and can lead to temporary or even permanent disability. To those affected, who are often in the prime of life, the diagnosis of "MS" can pose a serious challenge and possibly affect one's professional, family and personal life as well as damaging one's physical and mental stability and independence.

The progression of multiple sclerosis can be influenced

The possibility of a cure, in the same way for instance as antibiotics permanently eradicating a particular infection, has not yet been found for multiple sclerosis. However, the choice of medications for favourably influencing the progression of multiple sclerosis has been clearly broadened in recent years, and a number of additional substances are currently "in the pipeline" i.e. they are currently undergoing clinical testing and offer the promise of improvement in the near future. In addition, treatment methods have become established which aim to alleviate the symptoms and improve the quality of life. Unlike almost any other disease, self-help groups and societies have been formed at various levels, with the German Multiple Sclerosis Society (Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (DMSG)) being the main body in Germany for providing MS sufferers with political representation as well as support in a number of other ways.

Multiple sclerosis can progress in different ways

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis does not, by any means, always imply disability. The disease progresses in very different ways. Some of those affected develop only temporary symptoms and can go about their everyday activities without any impediment. Others suffer increasing disability within a few years until they are bound to a wheelchair. As yet it is not possible, with certainty, to predict the exact course of the disease from the outset. But improved diagnostic methods and an improvement in therapeutic possibilities currently go hand in hand.

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