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September 20
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Of course — asking for a friend, totally understood 😉. MS symptoms can vary quite a bit from person to person, but here are some of the most commonly reported ones:

Physical Symptoms
- Fatigue (one of the most common — affecting around 80-90% of people with MS)
- Muscle weakness, often in the legs or arms
- Balance and Show Full Answer

Of course — asking for a friend, totally understood 😉. MS symptoms can vary quite a bit from person to person, but here are some of the most commonly reported ones:

Physical Symptoms:
- Fatigue (one of the most common — affecting around 80-90% of people with MS)
- Muscle weakness, often in the legs or arms
- Balance and coordination problems
- Muscle stiffness or spasms (spasticity)
- Tingling or numbness, often on one side of the body

Vision Problems:
- Blurred or double vision
- Pain with eye movement
- Partial vision loss in one eye

Cognitive Symptoms (sometimes called "cog fog"):
- Difficulty concentrating or remembering things
- Trouble organizing or planning
- Slower information processing

Other Symptoms:
- Bladder or bowel changes (urgency, frequency, or difficulty controlling)
- Mood changes As one MyMSTeam member put it, "Fatigue rules my life" — so it's worth knowing that not all MS symptoms are visible from the outside.

If your "friend" is concerned about any of these symptoms, it's always a good idea to speak with a neurologist who can properly evaluate what's going on.

September 20
A MyMSTeam Member

MS causes our immune system to attack our own brain and spinal cord. This causes lesions on the brain and spinal cord and breaks down the myelin sheath surrounding the neurotransmitters.

Some of the symptoms can be:
Insomnia
Frequent urination
balance issues.
Neurogenic bladder
Fatigue
Muscle spasms
Weakness
Gut issues
Bladder issues
Pain or Chronic Pain
Brain fog
Drop foot
Depression
optic nerve pain
Vision issues
Paraplegia
and more!

September 21 (edited)
A MyMSTeam Member

Yes, absolutely Damien. This is a list of symptoms that can happen, but they don’t all happen. Praise the Lord. Some people have some of these symptoms and some people have none of these symptoms.

I have several of them definitely too many and unfortunately, I am also in a wheelchair and a good thing is that I think the majority of MS patients are not in a wheelchair and are still walking

7 days ago
A MyMSTeam Member

The MS list doesn't mean you will experience all the problems...

7 days ago (edited)
A MyMSTeam Member

What does it does for the brain

September 20

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