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Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects more than 2.5 million people worldwide.

There is no single right answer or approach for everyone when deciding whether to disclose a diagnosis of MS to a partner, children, family or employer.

When you have a chronic disease like multiple sclerosis (MS), life is more challenging due to the unpredictable course of the illness and its symptoms. However, planning helps you to proactively exert some control over your future, instead of being unprepared.

As an unpredictable chronic illness, multiple sclerosis (MS) may affect your ability to work in various ways. Many people with MS continue working long after their diagnosis, thanks to help of disease-modifying medication, new technologies, legal resources and more effective symptom management.

Depression is common among people with multiple sclerosis (MS), Dr Sarah Minden, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, writes in a booklet published by the National MS Society’s Professional Resource Center (PRC).

Lené, an occupational-therapy lecturer in her mid-50s, was diagnosed with relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS) two years ago. Here she reveals the impact of the condition on her life and shares some of her own practical tips to help other MS patients plan their lives and cope with depression.

Here are some quick facts on this disease that’s genetically inherited and degenerative, and which can result in death.

Muscular dystrophy is a group of inherited muscle disorders characterised by degeneration of muscles that control voluntary bodily movement.

Fear of needles can affect anyone, but when it affects a child with a chronic condition like muscular dystrophy (MD), it needs to be properly managed.

Providing care for someone with this progressive disease may seem initially daunting, but a wealth of information and excellent support networks are available to help.