Patient Information

Patient education is a crucial part of the Brigham MS Center mission. Here you will find information that can help you better understand multiple sclerosis.

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COVID-19

Any viral illness can transiently worsen multiple sclerosis symptoms. Currently, there is no evidence that COVID-19 can trigger a person with MS to have an attack that causes new damage to the nervous system.

COVID-19 VACCINE

Up to date COVID-19 vaccine information and the impact on patients with MS.

FLU SHOTS

A list of persons who should receive the influenza vaccine as recommended by the American Academy of Neurology, along with the Center for Disease Control.

ABOUT MS

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease, which means that our immune system is activated to react against our own nervous system.

SIGNS & DIAGNOSIS

Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis follows a pattern in which one develops signs and symptoms of a neurological disturbance in the brain or spinal cord.

SYMPTOMS & TREATMENTS

A list of symptoms that are very common among MS patients.

LIVING WITH MS

Living with multiple sclerosis presents many challenges to individuals and families.

DISTRIBUTION

The prevalence of MS is highest in North America, northern Europe and southern Australia.

NEUROMYELITIS OPTICA

A disease of the central nervous system that typically affects vision and walking by attacking the optic nerves and spinal cord

SUPPORT GROUPS

A list of SUPPORT GROUPS and ON-LINE SUPPORTS available to MS patients and their families.

PATIENT RESOURCES

The National MS Society has brochures, booklets, and books about many aspects of MS. For example, they have booklets directed at children of parents with MS, teenagers who have a parent with MS, and another one about working together as a family.

TREATMENT OVERVIEW

A list of persons who should receive the influenza vaccine as recommended by the American Academy of Neurology, along with the Center for Disease Control