While it is possible to speak of MS stages, one cannot say that the stages of multiple sclerosis are set in stone. First of all, MS presents differently in different individuals. The symptoms that one develops over the course of the disease depend on the locations of the lesions in the nervous tissue. It goes without saying that there is no standard pattern for MS lesion location. Nor do all patients develop the same number and size of MS lesions.

Thus, the very first symptoms that an MS patient exhibits could be any of a variety of symptoms. The same is true for the subsequent symptoms. It is also true that the course of the disease, that is, whether it involves relapses and remissions, or becomes progressively worse, is not the same in all patients. Furthermore, some people’s MS can progress quickly, leaving them disabled within a short period …

There are key MS stages which differentiate different forms of MS. These Multiple Sclerosis stages govern the cycles of remission and relapse as well how fast the disease progresses. Relapsing-remitting MS has very regular cycles of relapse and remission. The patient usually has time to recover fully during the episodes of remission as the symptoms of the disease completely disappear for the duration of the remission. This particular form of MS takes a long time to progress and can even go for 40 years before it evolves into another stage. On average, 85 percent of patients who have MS have this particular form of it.

Only 10 percent of the population diagnosed by MS has Primary-Progressive MS. Individuals with this devastating form of disease will get progressively worse as time goes on and very few and temporary improvements, if any improvements at all, will be encountered. Secondary-Progressive MS is usually …