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Multiple Sclerosis (or MS) is an inflammatory disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and there are estimated to be about 100,000 people with MS in the UK. The nerve fibres of the CNS are protected by a fatty tissue known as myelin. A Person with MS (PwMS) has areas of damage (lesions) where myelin is lost or damaged (demyelination) which in turn causes nerve cells to become exposed or damaged. A PwMS may lose myelin in various (multiple) areas leaving scar tissue called sclerosis giving the condition its name, Multiple Sclerosis.

Symptoms may include mobility problems, spasticity, pain, impaired vision, incontinence, impaired sexual function, slurred speech, fatigue or cognitive dysfunction (memory and reasoning difficulties). MS is unpredictable and variable between people, depending on which areas of the CNS are affected and how badly they are damaged. It is important to point out that very few people will experience most of these symptoms, the majority of PwMS will experience lesser and/or fewer symptoms and will still have a good quality of life. About 75% – 80% of PwMS do not need to use wheelchairs.

MS is not hereditary, contagious or terminal, but people with MS will live for the rest of their life with the symptoms of the condition

MS Research and Relief Fund is a UK registered charity (No.228634) established in 1964 and are based in Morpeth, Northumberland.

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