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Staying Well With MS Overview
Staying healthy is important for everyone, but persons with multiple sclerosis (MS) have to pay extra attention to their health. Multiple sclerosis symptoms and sometimes the medications used to treat the disease can have an impact on a person's mobility, energy level, eating habits, and feelings, thereby compromising a person's overall well-being.
Although a cure for multiple sclerosis does not yet exist, by coping with multiple sclerosis and its symptoms, those affected with the condition can still try to stay well.
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Multiple Sclerosis Overview
Multiple sclerosis (MS) can be thought of as an inflammatory process involving different areas of the central nervous system (CNS) at various points in time. As the name suggests, multiple sclerosis affects many areas of the CNS.
- Multiple sclerosis is more common in individuals of northern European descent.
- Women are more than twice as likely to develop multiple sclerosis as men.
- Multiple sclerosis usually affects people between the ages of 20 and 50 years, and the average age of onset is approximately 34 years.
The Central Nervous System and Multiple Sclerosis Causes
The central nervous system is made up of the brain and spinal cord. They
process information from our environment and control voluntary muscle movements to allow the body to do certain things.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS).
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