MS in infants is a rarity. We are more used to hearing about MS in adults of reproductive age. So any mention of multiple sclerosis in infants is bound to raise a lot of questions.

The average person is bound to want to know since when infants were capable of being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. He or she is also going to want to know how exactly doctors would go about diagnosing MS in infants. Many of the symptoms of MS would be difficult to identify in infants. For instance, how would one be able to tell for certain that an infant had weak leg muscles if the infant was not quite at the age where crawling was the norm? Another example has to do with incontinence. How would one be able to know that an infant had no control over its bladder if the said infant was in diapers …