I remember in the early 2000's, Montel Williams talked about a gallop poll that he had organized, and it was their estimate that there was over 1 million (maybe closer to 1.5M) in the US that have MS. That was back in the days where the NMSS was still saying 250,000, and had been saying that for around 20 - 25 yrs.

If I remember correctly . . . he thought it had something to do with "them" wanting to keep the numbers down so that it would still be a "orphan disease" for the purposes of drug R&D research grants (or something to that effect).

I too think many more people have it then is admitted to.

I also suspect that "they" have a better idea of what is causing it, but until they can figure out how to stop/cure it, they aren't going to let the cat out of the bag.

Just my conspiracy theory for the decade.

Cherie