How Can Multiple Sclerosis Be Diagnosed?
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) is currently the most definitive tool for diagnosing Multiple Sclerosis. A new MRI technique called “Turbo FLAIR” is particularly useful. (MRI is better able to “see” damaged nerves than CAT scans.) However, because other disease may cause the same symptoms as Multiple Sclerosis, there is not a single laboratory test, symptom, or physical finding which, when present or positive, always means a person has Multiple Sclerosis.
