What are the symptoms generally associated with multiple sclerosis?
LISA CAPOLINO, RN: When a person has MS, they can have many different symptoms. Some are visual, some are motor; so it may affect their arms, their legs. It can affect their bowel, their bladder. They can have neurogenic pain, which can be very disabling. And it can also affect cognition, a person’s ability to remember things or to think things through. Some people are not affected too badly, but some are. And if you do have a severe progression of disease, you will most likely become disabled and unable to work. What is the impact of interferon therapy on MS? LISA CAPOLINO, RN: Interferon therapy makes a very big difference in people’s lives. Number one, we found that by starting treatment early, you have a better prognosis than if you wait until you’ve already developed problems. Once you have weakness or visual disturbances and you start using interferon therapy, it’s not as effective as when you start a newly-diagnosed patient. The other thing is, by starting interferon therapy, a
