Relapses
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is nearly always described as a relapsing remitting condition. Essentially, this means symptoms like vision loss, numbness or weakness of a limb occur for a period of time and then improve, either partially or completely. For nearly all people with MS, this is the way their MS begins, except for the very small group of people who have primary progressive MS. By nature, MS is variable and unpredictable, and people face the uncertainty of when new relapses will occur.
The most common form of treatment for a relapse is steroid treatment. The role of the multi-disciplinary team in managing MS relapses is also very important. Disease modifying drugs reduce the frequency of relapses and also form part of the management of MS.
