This week, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society hopes to raise awareness about MS, an incurable, debilitating disease of the central nervous system, through an educational campaign. Tragically, symptoms of MS usually begin in early adulthood and affects almost 400,000 people in the United States. Unless you have a friend or family member with MS, you may not know much about this disease. Today's Health Tip will look at the causes, clinical features and treatment of MS.
_What causes MS?_ There is no known cause for MS. Many experts consider it to be an "autoimmune" disease, meaning that the body attacks itself.
What causes the body to do this is not well understood but could relate to a number of factors including genetics, environmental triggers, or …Click here to sign up to eDocAmerica and read more of this article.
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