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Originally Posted by 0357
Realize too that the NMSS says MS begins at time of diagnosis; not time of first symptom(s). If I went by first symptoms I've had MS 35 years. But since diagnosis I've had MS 14 years; now SPMS.
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Not exactly sure why the National MS Society uses that concept, but, I imagine it is for statistical purposes.
Personally, I believe a percentage of the planet's population is born with a sensitivity to certain factors, or, a combination of certain factors - factors such as stress, toxins, viral infections. When a "good enough" catalyst comes into the picture, our hypersenstivity to that particular catalyst rears its ugly little head. It is then that our MS actually begins. It's degree of progression is also affected by stress, toxins, viral infections. Again, this is just my personal opinion.
MS is now being dxd in kids as young as two years of age, according to a neuro on the Montel program on MS that was on a week or so ago.
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