Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
- Decreased ability to control small movements
- Decreased attention span
- Decreased coordination
- Decreased judgment
- Decreased memory
- Depression
- Difficulty speaking or understanding speech
- Dizziness
- Double vision
- Eye discomfort
- Facial pain
- Fatigue
- Loss of balance
- Movement problems - slowly progressive; beginning in the legs
- Muscle atrophy
- Muscle spasms (especially in the legs)
- Muscle spasticity (uncontrollable spasm of muscle groups)
- Numbness or abnormal sensation in any area
- Pain in the arms or legs
- Paralysis in one or more arms or legs
- Slurred speech
- Tingling
- Tremor in one or more arms or legs
- Uncontrollable rapid eye movements
- Urinary frequency (frequent need to urinate )
- Urinary hesitancy (difficult to begin urinating)
- Urinary urgency (strong urge to urinate)
- Urine leakage (incontinence )
- Vertigo
- Vision loss -- usually affects one eye at a time
- Walking/gait abnormalities
- Weakness in one or more arms or legs
- Constipation
- Hearing loss
Note: Symptoms may vary with each attack. They may last days to months, then reduce or disappear, then recur periodically. With each recurrence, the symptoms are different as new areas are affected. Fever can trigger or worsen attacks, as can hot baths, sun exposure, and stress.
