Various forms of disease are associated with MS. Kidney disease happens to be one of them.

In patients with MS, kidney disease, and more specifically, kidney infection, tends to be secondary to MS. Kidney disease in these patients may result when they develop urinary tract infections that spread to the kidney. These urinary tract infections tend to be the result of problems like urine retention and dysfunction of the sphincter, both of which are common among MS patients.

Addressing the Complications of MS- Kidney Disease and Urinary Tract Infections

Urine retention and sphincter dysfunction, both the result of nervous system lesions associated with MS, cause patients much distress and discomfort. They make incontinence a regular feature in patients’ lives, and it is often the case that the patients have to resort to the use of catheters to empty their bladders. On their own, these conditions have the capacity …