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6 Myths About Multiple Sclerosis - Find out if you Know the Facts

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Myth: Only old people get MS.

Fact: Diagnosis of MS is usually between 20 and 40 years of age. Among young adults, MS is the most common disease of the central nervous system.

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, disabling disease of the central nervous system. More than 400,000 people in the United States have MS.

Here we debunk 6 MS myths.


Sources:
Facts: Multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.
http://www.msfocus.org/Facts-About-MS.aspx

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