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Bladder and bowel problems can be all too familiar for people with MS. However, people do not have to cope alone, as these problems can almost always be managed effectively and help is available.

Most people who start out with relapsing remitting MS later develop a form that is known as secondary progressive MS. 

Balance problems are common for people with MS, but the causes and effects can vary from person to person and from one day to the next. 

A recent review found that between 13% and 69% of people with MS experience tremor at some time. Tremor can affect people in very different ways. For some, tremor may be so mild it is not obvious to anyone else.

Most people are first diagnosed with relapsing remitting MS. This means they experience a relapse or flare up of symptoms (also known as an attack or exacerbation) followed by remission (a period of recovery).

For many people with MS, one of the early symptoms is a problem with vision. This may be in the form of temporary loss or blurring of vision, or double vision.

Until the mid-1980s, many people, including doctors, considered MS to be a painless condition. It is now widely recognised that MS can cause pain and that at least a third of all people with MS will feel some level of pain at some time.

Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms experienced by people with MS and, for some, it is the symptom that affects them most. Different people have different experiences of fatigue and it can impact on all aspects of life. It can come and go, or change over time and could be one of the first symptoms you experience, or something that appears years later.