Multiple Sclerosis is usually a disease adults are afflicted with, but MS in children is all that uncommon. Multiple Sclerosis in Children might show itself differently than it does in adults. Most children are diagnosed with ADEM, or acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, before they ever have MS. ADEM is a disease of the brain and sometimes occurs after a vaccination has been received. Other cases of ADEM manifest following a parasitic or bacterial infection. Of course there are also instances where ADEM spontaneously appears in children.

This disease is considered to be one out of a handful of borderline MS diseases that exist. ADEM is most commonly seen in children between the ages of 5 and 8. The good news about this disease is most children fully recover. There tend to be mild residual disabilities once the disease is no longer present and recovery time is around 1 to 6 months.…