While the term “MS diseases” is not medically accurate, some may use it to refer to diseases similar to multiple sclerosis. This is a subject of great interest to many because it indicates that there is a range of circumstances in which misdiagnosis can occur. It can also be seen as suggesting that, while we tend to think of MS as a single disease that results from a definite pathway (which we are yet to fully understand), MS may result from a number of different of pathways. By this interpretation, MS would be better described as a syndrome than as a disease.

Diseases that Mimic Multiple Sclerosis

What are some examples of so-called MS diseases? One of these multiple sclerosis diseases is the notorious Lyme disease, a bacterial disease that can sometimes mimic MS in its presentation. If a patient is bitten by a tick …