Multiple Sclerosis
Also written as MS.
| Neurological | Stroke (especially right hemisphere), traumatic brain injury, frontal or temporal tumours, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy (temporal lobe), Huntington's, Wilson's disease, neurosyphilis, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder |
Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Most common demyelinating disorder — prevalence ~1/1000. Onset usually 20–40s; women 2× more affected.
Read this in Pathology of Demyelinating Diseases: MS, NMO, ADEM, CPM
What our notes say
- | Neurological | Stroke (especially right hemisphere), traumatic brain injury, frontal or temporal tumours, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy (temporal lobe), Huntington's, Wilson's disease, neurosyphilis, HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder | (Bipolar and Related Disorders)
- • a planned procedure – to help someone who can't breathe normally because of a long-term condition such as multiple sclerosis (Examination of Respiratory system — Past Paper Questions & Answers)
- IFN-β — treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (reduces relapse frequency) (EXAM: Influenza, Viral Receptors & Spikes, Interferons, and Viral Pathogenesis)
- Q20 — CLINICAL NEUROANATOMY CASE (MS)Case: 20-year-old female; diplopia, photophobia, progressive ataxia, medially fixed left eye, nystagmus, left facial droop, urinary frequency → Multiple Sclerosis (MS). (Master First-Year Anatomy: Must-Know Essays & Key Concepts)
- Pathological changes: Disruption in stroke, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's (Medical Physiology II (Paper 2))