Multiple Sclerosis * Signs and symptoms vary depending on the amount of damage and what nerves are affected. Some people lose the ability to walk independently or at all while others experience long periods of remission during which they develop no new symptoms. I always thought that this disease affected everyone the same way. I did not know that there could be different amounts of damage to the nerves. * During the acute stage of MS steroids are given through IV and are more commonly prescribe and often can help patients recover more rapidly. I thought since this was issue that affected the brain that there wasn’t any medications to help the patient recover from this. * MS is a chronic condition, because there is not a cure for the disease. Even though the vast majority of people who have MS the disease is not fatal. Since the disease is not curable I thought it would be more likely that someone would die from it but that is not the case at all. * People with MS are advised to stay cool whenever possible. Heat intolerance is a common condition and often causes an exacerbation of symptoms. Hot baths, fevers, or the sun. This is interesting because I didn’t know that heat could make you have a relapse. * Risk factors that may increase MS are those of the Caucasian race, female gender, family history of MS, and history of infection of Hepatitis B. I didn’t know that Caucasian female where more likely to get MS. This was very interesting.