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- Multiple Sclerosis
- SYMPTOMS. Early signs may be fatigue in the legs and arms, difficulty of
- bladder control or with urination, slight disturbances in vision and mild
- emotional upsets. Later signs may include fatigue, weakness, double vision,
- slower speech, tremors, unsteady balance and walking, more difficulty with
- bladder and bowel control and paralysis may develop.
- CAUSES of MS is not known at this time. It involves hardened patches that
- develop in the spinal cord and brain which affect the nerve activity and it
- usually occurs in young adults.
- TREATMENT. No specific treatment is available at this time.
- .Physical therapy, massage, exercise and muscle training are helpful.
- .Muscle wastage may be postponed or maybe prevented.