Definition : Multiple Sclerosis is a progressive, degenerative disorder of the central nervous system (brain, spinal cord and optical nerve). The Myelin pathways are damaged causing scattered patches of demyelination making it difficult or impossible for messages to move over these hard, damaged areas. (Multple Sclerosis = "Many Scars"
Easy speak: MS is a "chronic" disease: as yet the illness cannot be cured and will recur throughout your life. As it affects the Central Nervous System people with MS may find problems with walking. talking, clumsiness, memory, visual disturbance and/or muscle weakness.