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MS Ireland has published its Annual Report 2024 and shared our AGM 2025 Presentation, highlighting a year of resilience, progress, and our plans for the future.

There are four types of MS, each with its own characteristics. Some people may be only mildly affected throughout their lives while, for others, progression may occur quite quickly. Most people with MS experience something in between these extremes. It is not always clear what type of MS someone has, particularly when newly diagnosed. Regardless of the type of MS, health professionals will base symptom management on individual needs.

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.