What are all symtoms of MS?

Answer 1

Individuals with multiple sclerosis may experience a wide variety of symptoms. The initial attacks are often transient, mild (or asymptomatic), and self-limited. They often do not prompt a health care visit and sometimes are only identified in retrospect once the diagnosis has been made based on further attacks. The most common initial symptoms reported are: changes in sensation in the arms, legs or face (33%), complete or partial vision loss (optic neuritis) (16%), weakness (13%), double vision (7%), unsteadiness when walking (5%), and balance problems (3%). Fifteen percent of individuals have multiple symptoms when they first seek medical attention. Most people find their initial MS symptoms occur over a period of hours to weeks. For some people the initial MS attack is preceded by infection, trauma or strenuous physical effort.

Other symptoms and physical findings common in multiple sclerosis are flickering eye movements (nystagmus), speech difficulties, tremor, clumsiness of the hands, abnormal muscle spasms, and bladder and bowel difficulties. Cognitive impairments are also common, such as difficulty performing multiple tasks at once, difficulty following detailed instructions, loss of short term memory, emotional instability, and fatigue. Emotional symptoms are common and can be the normal response to having a debilitating disease or the result of damage to the nerves that generate and control emotions. The most common condition, clinical depression, is a product of both causes. Feelings such as anger, anxiety, frustration, and hopelessness are also common, and suicide is a very real threat. People with MS may also experience a range of acute and chronic pain syndromes.

Three clinical entities warrant further discussion because affected individuals are often eventually diagnosed with MS.

Optic neuritis
Individuals typically experience rapid onset of pain in one eye, followed by blurry vision in part or all of the visual field of that eye. This is a result of involvement of the optic nerve by MS. Only 10% to 50% of patients (depending on the population studied) with optic neuritis go on to develop MS. The blurred vision usually resolves within six months, but individuals are often left with less vivid color vision (especially red) in the affected eye.

Internuclear ophthalmoplegia
Individuals usually notice binocular diplopia (double vision with both eyes open) when looking to one side. Internuclear ophthalmoplegia occurs when MS affects a part of the brain stem called the medial longitudinal fasciculus, which is responsible for communication between the two eyes. This results in the failure of the medial rectus muscle to contract appropriately, so that the eyes do not move equally (called disconjugate gaze).

Transverse myelitis
Individuals typically develop rapid onset of numbness, weakness, bowel or bladder dysfunction, and/or loss of muscle function, typically in the lower half of the body. This is the result of MS attacking the spinal cord. As many as 80% of individuals with transverse myelitis are left with lasting disabilities, even though there is usually some improvement during the first two years.

Answer 2

Symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from person to person and from time to time in the same person. For example, one person may experience abnormal fatigue, while another might have severe vision problems. A person with MS could have loss of balance and muscle coordination making walking difficult; another person with MS could have slurred speech, tremors, stiffness, and bladder problems. While some symptoms will come and go over the course of the disease, others may be more lasting.

Answer 3

Symptoms of MS are unpredictable and vary from person to person and from time to time in the same person. For example, one person may experience abnormal fatigue, while another might have severe vision problems. A person with MS could have loss of balance and muscle coordination making walking difficult; another person with MS could have slurred speech, tremors, stiffness, and bladder problems. While some symptoms will come and go over the course of the disease, others may be more lasting.

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Answer 5

There is no set pattern to MS and everyone with MS has a different set of symptoms, which vary from time to time and can change in severity and duration, even in the same person.
There is no typical MS. Most people with MS will experience more than one symptom, and though there are symptoms common to many people, no person would have all of them. The systems commonly affected include:
Visual disturbances
blurring of vision
double vision (diplopia)
optic neuritis
involuntary rapid eye movement
(rarely) total loss of sight
Balance & co-ordination problems
loss of balance
tremor
unstable walking (ataxia)
giddiness (vertigo)
clumsiness of a limb
lack of co-ordination
weakness: this can particularly affect the legs and walking
Spasticity
altered muscle tone can and muscle stiffness can affect mobility and walking
spasms
Altered sensation
tingling
‘pins and needles’
numbness (paraesthesia)
burning sensations
pain may be associated with MS, e.g. facial pain, (such as trigeminal neuralgia), and muscle pains
Abnormal speech
slowing of speech
slurring of words
changes in rhythm of speech
difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia)
Fatigue
a debilitating kind of general fatigue which is unpredictable or out of proportion to the activity. Fatigue is one of the most common (and one of the most troubling) symptoms of MS
Bladder & bowel problems
Bladder problems include the need to pass water frequently and/or urgently, incomplete emptying or emptying at inappropriate times.
Bowel problems include constipation and, infrequently, loss of bowel control
Sexuality & intimacy
impotence
diminished arousal
loss of sensation
Sensitivity to heat
this symptom very commonly causes a transient worsening of symptoms
Cognitive & emotional disturbances
loss of short term memory
loss of concentration, judgment or reasoning
Whilst some of these symptoms are immediately obvious, others such as fatigue, altered sensation, memory and concentration problems are often hidden symptoms. These can be difficult to describe to others and sometimes family and carers do not appreciate the effects these have on the person with MS and on employment, social activities and quality of life.

Answer 6

Impossible to list. I have had eight family members with MS. Five are still living. All of them have various abilities and disabilities no two are exactly the same.

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Answer 8

not sure but u can check www.webmd.com also check fibrohugs.com (it's about firbomyalgia but does have info about ms on it and also a chat room where u can talk to others about it.

Answer 9

some web sites to check out

http://www.mult-sclerosis.org/
http://www.msfacts.org/
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/Symptoms.asp

Answer 10

don;t know all symptoms but after a while you can lose muscle control & you probably wont be able to walk....