Understanding Multiple Sclerosis, Second Edition is a patient-friendly chart that helps to explain multiple sclerosis (MS) with sections that define MS and describe its causes, types, symptoms, diagnosis process, and management.

Featured sections:

• What is multiple sclerosis (MS)
• What causes MS
• Types of MS: Relapsing-Remitting (RR-MS), Primary-Progressive (PP-MS), and Secondary-Progressive (SP-MS)
• Symptoms of MS table: early and late
• How is MS diagnosed: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), evoked potential tests, and lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
• Management of MS

Images included:

• The spinal cord and spinal nerves within the body
• Enlarged view of a nerve fiber
• Normal nerve cell and nerve cell affected by MS
• Comparison of a normal myelin sheath to one damaged from MS
• Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

20″ x 26″ heavy weight paper laminated with grommets at top corners ISBN 9781496394989