A multiple sclerosis relapse or flare-up occurs when symptoms suddenly worsen or intensify before easing over a period of time.
Confusion, slurred speech, and muscle weakness can be symptoms of MS, but they can also be signs of astroke. Anyone who suddenly has trouble speaking or moving their limbs should be taken to the ER immediately. Treating a stroke within the first few hours provides the best odds of a succe...
The last year has been really hard on me physically. Between the stress and the move and the flare and and and… It’s been full and my health has taken a nose dive. It’s been… interesting… adjusting to not being able to walk suddenly. I always expected a gradual progression, not...
Some RRMS patients are never diagnosed with CIS because they already meet the criteria for clinically definite MS at the time of their initial diagnostic workup.Symptoms of RRMSRRMS is marked by relapses where symptoms suddenly worsen. These attacks may last for days, weeks, or months. Between...
Symptoms of optic neuritis usually come on suddenly. They include: Blurred vision Graying of vision Blindness in one eye for a short time, especially during an MS flare Pain with eye movement) It's rare to get this condition in both eyes at once. Vision loss tends to get worse for a fe...
You must have had 2 attacks at least 1 month apart. An attack is when any MS symptoms show up suddenly. Or when any MS symptoms get worse for at least 24 hours. You must have more than 1 area of damage to the central nervous system myelin. Myelin is the sheath that surrounds and ...
(ADA) passed in 1990, and yet companies are still not held accountable, after 30 years. People with disabilities have been looked over for jobs since the dawn of time, but literally overnight, we shifted to work from home for most of the corporate world, and suddenly, technologically, ...
Yes, my old symptoms will flare if I have even the most low-grade infection (with or without a fever). Your MS knows things…sneaky bastard that it is, even before you do. I’d be lying if I said the immobility in general during the pandemic hasn’t kicked my ass. Not moving does...
“Carol has just gone through a really bad time in hospital due to a flare-up. So, right now, what we’re trying to do while she’s on the horse is to strengthen her core,” said Pellerin. “I’ve noticed that when she’s up there – she’s free,” instructor Pellerin added, ...
Exactly. We didn’t want to just use a flare, and then suddenly there it is. That would be the easy way out. So we did a lot of experimentation, simulating the growth of this crystalline hard light. There’s no real-life counterpart you can base all of it on, but we did look at...