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Q: Signs and symptoms of MS

asked by: DoctorQuestion on January 24th, 2009

I would like to know if taking calcium and potassium pills will help my legs with the ms,If i walk are stand to long my legs start to feel like jello and i can't stand up straight, I had an Mri and the eye Dr said it showed Ms, But i didn't have any of these problems until i fell and hit the back of my head and had to have staples put in, Why would it start to affect me now?

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Dr. Goce Aleksovski , MD

replied on January 26th, 2009

Multiple Sclerosis Answer A5519

Current medical status: Legs wont work as they should

The symptoms you reported are all signs of Multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis can be divided into four subtypes based on the progression: relapsing remitting, secondary progressive, primary progressive and progressive relapsing. You might have had the secondary progressive subtype which describes primary relapsing remitting that turn into progressive neurologic decline without periods of remission between the attacks.

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