Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Symptoms
A disorder of the central nervous system marked by weakness, numbness, a loss of muscle coordination, and problems with vision, speech, and bladder control. Multiple sclerosis is thought to be an autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system destroys myelin.
Part of: Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
About Signs and Symptoms of MS
The first symptoms of MS often include:
vision problems such as blurred or double vision or optic neuritis, which causes pain in the eye and a rapid loss of vision weak, stiff muscles, often with painful muscle spasms tingling or numbness in the arms, legs, trunk of the body, or face clumsiness, particularly difficulty staying balanced when walking bladder control problems, either inability to control the bladder or urgency dizziness that doesn’t go awayMS may also cause later symptoms such as:
Read more about signs and symptoms of MS NIH – National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke