The joint issues experienced by many MS patients could be referred to as “MS joints”. This term, “multiple sclerosis joints” is an apt way to categorize the joint pains that these patients develop due to various MS-related issues.

It might be tempting to conclude that MS affects the joints in a similar manner to other autoimmune inflammatory diseases like lupus, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. However, this is far from the truth. These latter diseases cause the cartilage to degenerate and, in this way, they result in the inflammation of the joints. Multiple sclerosis does not trigger the degeneration of the connective tissue in this manner. However, it is possible for MS patients to also develop autoimmune inflammatory diseases like the ones described above. When this happens, the MS patients experience symptoms associated with MS as well as symptoms associated with the other diseases they have. Where there …