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Neurological care to help slow disease progression and manage your symptoms
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease of the brain and spinal cord, affects your entire central nervous system. An autoimmune disorder, MS causes your white blood cells to attack the protective matter (sheath) covering your nerves.
Without the insulation, electrical signals that travel by way of your nerves short circuit.
With IU Health neurologists, you receive support from experts who have received recognition for their excellence in care, participation in research and clinical trials, and providing innovative treatments for MS.
Without the sheath that covers your nerves, they cannot work as well as they should. This can cause:
You may experience a single attack that never comes back. Initial attacks are sometimes given their own autoimmune disorder label, such as optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve) or transverse myelitis (inflammation of the spinal cord). A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis means your body has endured multiple episodes at different points in time. With MS, you can have separate attacks in different parts of your brain or spinal cord.
Other autoimmune disorders similar to MS include:
Neurologists typically diagnose MS between the ages of 20 and 40, but it can start at any age. Symptoms generally begin with distinct episodes or attacks that often go into remission only to return later, referred to as relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. In some people, the symptoms of MS continue to get worse from the start, referred to as primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
With your nerves exposed without their protective covering, they stop working over time, leading to serious damage to your central nervous system.
Without the sheath that covers your nerves, they cannot work as well as they should. This can cause:
You may experience a single attack that never comes back. Initial attacks are sometimes given their own autoimmune disorder label, such as optic neuritis (inflammation of the optic nerve) or transverse myelitis (inflammation of the spinal cord). A diagnosis of multiple sclerosis means your body has endured multiple episodes at different points in time. With MS, you can have separate attacks in different parts of your brain or spinal cord.
Other autoimmune disorders similar to MS include:
Neurologists typically diagnose MS between the ages of 20 and 40, but it can start at any age. Symptoms generally begin with distinct episodes or attacks that often go into remission only to return later, referred to as relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. In some people, the symptoms of MS continue to get worse from the start, referred to as primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
With your nerves exposed without their protective covering, they stop working over time, leading to serious damage to your central nervous system.
At Indiana University Health, our neurologists use a comprehensive care model to help you manage your multiple sclerosis or autoimmune condition. Your neurologists partner with experts in many other areas, including physical therapy, behavioral health, urology, eye care and pain management to find the best treatments to manage your symptoms and to help slow the disease’s progress and keep you healthy.
Through your physicians’ affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Neurology, the neuroimmunology/multiple sclerosis program earned designation as a Partner in MS Care–Center for Comprehensive and Coordinated Care from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This recognizes their demonstrated excellence.
Children with autoimmune disorders receive pediatric neurological care from experts at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. Pediatric rehabilitation services include a focus on spasticity management, a common symptom of multiple sclerosis and some autoimmune conditions.
Treatments for multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disorders involve medicines to slow disease progression or prevent attacks and therapies that help you manage and control symptoms.
Your physicians advance care through clinical and research studies:
At Indiana University Health, our neurologists use a comprehensive care model to help you manage your multiple sclerosis or autoimmune condition. Your neurologists partner with experts in many other areas, including physical therapy, behavioral health, urology, eye care and pain management to find the best treatments to manage your symptoms and to help slow the disease’s progress and keep you healthy.
Through your physicians’ affiliation with the Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Neurology, the neuroimmunology/multiple sclerosis program earned designation as a Partner in MS Care–Center for Comprehensive and Coordinated Care from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. This recognizes their demonstrated excellence.
Children with autoimmune disorders receive pediatric neurological care from experts at Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health. Pediatric rehabilitation services include a focus on spasticity management, a common symptom of multiple sclerosis and some autoimmune conditions.
Treatments for multiple sclerosis and autoimmune disorders involve medicines to slow disease progression or prevent attacks and therapies that help you manage and control symptoms.
Your physicians advance care through clinical and research studies:
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