Researchers Identify Potential Precursors to Multiple Sclerosis

Five symptoms may serve as helpful markers in early diagnosis of MS and other autoimmune diseases, especially among high-risk populations.
Researchers Identify Potential Precursors to Multiple Sclerosis
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A handful of seemingly unrelated conditions may be more connected than one might think. Sexual dysfunction, constipation, depression, cystitis, and urinary tract infections are common enough in individuals with multiple sclerosis (MS) before and after its diagnosis that researchers believe the issues could be precursor symptoms to the autoimmune disease.

The findings, discovered by a team at the Paris Brain Institute in France, were published in the December 2023 issue of Neurology Journals.

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