How Age Affects Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and Progression

Detection of optic nerve inflammation enables earlier multiple sclerosis diagnoses

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common chronic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system. An early and accurate diagnosis is crucial for improving the effectiveness of treatment and reducing nerve damage. To standardize and speed up diagnosis, the so-called McDonald criteria were introduced in 2001 and have since been revised several times. They combine clinical findings—such as visual disturbances, sensory disturbances or unsteadines…

How Age Affects Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms and Progression

Late Onset Late-Onset MS There’s evidence that the age of onset of MS has shifted forward over the past five decades. Researchers say that a rise in the incidence of late-onset MS might be due to more awareness and improvement of diagnostic tools. Still, the time needed to diagnosis late-onset MS is almost double that of adult early-onset MS.e60dc2a1-f33c-4a05-9b50-8e3e8e597629c2036377-e13e-41b8-8e15-e413c70993aa One study comparing late-onset…

Blood protein marker may predict hidden MS progression

Elevated levels of a blood protein called GFAP are associated with an increased risk of disease progression in the absence of relapse activity in people with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study. The study also found that patients whose GFAP levels declined after starting MS treatment had a lower risk of future progression independent […] The post Blood protein marker may predict hidden MS progression appeared first on Multiple Sclerosi…