Definition of MS and My Daughter's Symptoms

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an inflammatory disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS) - that's the brain and spinal cord. Predominantly, it is a disease of the "white matter" tissue. The white matter is made up of nerve fibres which are responsible for transmitting communication signals both internally within the CNS and between the CNS and the nerves supplying rest of the body.

People with MS can experience any of the following problems either fully or partially - numbness, tingling, pins and needles, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, spasticity, cramps, pain, blindness, blurred or double vision, incontinence, urinary urgency or hesitancy, constipation, slurred speech, loss of sexual function, loss of balance, nausea, disabling fatigue, depression, short term memory problems, other forms of cognitive dysfunction, inability to swallow, inability to control breathing, and the list goes on an on.

My daughter has several of these symptoms including muscle weakness, blurred vision, urinary urgency, nausea, diabling fatique, depression, short term memory problems. And that is just to start. She cannot go out in the heat it starts her skin tingling.

There are several reasons they give for this disease. I am not certain which one pertains to my daughter, but I have a long way to go with this. I am hoping anyone can give me insight into this.