A new understanding of MS is within reach
A new era of MS research is on the horizon because of a recent discovery that might help explain why some symptoms can get worse over time.
There’s more to stability than you think
Have you ever wondered why you experience things like balance issues, debilitating fatigue or brain fog, even without changes on your MRIs?
If you’ve dismissed changes to how you perform everyday tasks as aging, stress or a bad day, you aren’t alone. It’s normal to think these signs are something else, but they could suggest that your MS is changing.
Brain fog
2 MS processes, 1 new understanding
Scientists now better understand that there are 2 processes that help explain how MS works: the acute processA process in MS that causes damage quickly, leading to relapses and MRI activity., which primarily causes relapsesAn event during which MS symptoms temporarily get worse or new symptoms appear, followed by a remission, during which symptoms usually improve. Relapses are associated with the acute process. Also known as: flare-ups, attacks. and MRI activityAreas of inflammation and/or damage in the central nervous system that healthcare providers can see on magnetic resonance imaging, also known as an MRI., and the chronic smoldering processA process that happens only in the brain and is ongoing from the start of MS. This process slowly causes damage that results in disability progression. Also known as: compartmentalized inflammation, chronic progressive process, smoldering MS, smoldering neuroinflammation., which can cause physical and cognitive challenges over time.
Learn more about the 2 processes in MS.