What are the symptoms of a patient who is having multiple sclerosis?
Typically the symptoms come and go over a period of time. Common symptoms are: • Visual disturbances: The lesion affects the optic nerve. Visual disturbances may be the common complaint in 15% of the multiple sclerosis patients. Sometimes, acute loss of vision in one or both eyes can occur. Double vision, blurring of vision and visual field defects are the other visual symptoms. • Weakness of limbs and difficulty in walking are the most common symptoms in a patient with multiple sclerosis. • Difficulty in speaking due to cerebellar involvement can occur. • Numbness and tingling sensation over the face, trunk and limbs may be there. • Trigeminal neuralgia can occur. • Psychological symptoms like euphoria or depression can occur. • Sexual disturbances like impotence in males and reduced libido in both males and females are common in multiple sclerosis. • Muscle spasms, spasticity, cramps and pain. • Urinary symptoms like incontinence, urinary urgency or hesitancy. • Constipation. • Loss
