Multiple Sclerosis rare?
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Is multiple sclerosis a rare disease? If I am a seventeen year old male experiencing odd symptoms should I even be worried that I have MS. 2 doctors and 1 neurologist have told me it’s not MS. But after reading all the symptoms of MS I’m worried they’re wrong.
Usually, a patient is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis between 20 and 50 years of age, but multiple sclerosis has been diagnosed in children and in the elderly. Multiple sclerosis is twice as likely to occur in Caucasians as in any other group. Women are twice as likely as men to be affected by multiple sclerosis earlier in life.
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“Multiple sclerosis statistics show that approximately 250,000 to 350,000 people in the United States have been diagnosed with this disease. …”
MS can be a very hard disease to diagnosis and it’s symptoms are similar to other illnesses. Typically, a battery of tests, including a spinal tap and a MRI are done.
My MS support group;