Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis or Relapsing/Remitting Multiple Sclerosis is one of the four forms of MS.

In this form of the disease, the patients have relapses (exacerbations). During these relapses new symptoms can appear and the patient’s old symptoms can worsen or resurface. After the periods of relapses come periods of remission, during which the MS sufferer can partially or fully recover from the deficits he or she had during the relapses.

There is not pattern for relapses or remission periods. The relapses can be for some patients slow, gradual or almost instantaneous, and can last from a few days to a few months. When people are first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, they are usually diagnosed with relapsing/remitting MS.

When it comes to the average age of diagnosis with this type of MS, most patients are in their twenties or thirties, but it is not uncommon for some to be diagnosed earlier or later. As a male/female ratio, there are twice as many women diagnosed with Relapsing/Remitting MS.

Relapsing/Remitting Multiple Sclerosis is perhaps one of the most disabling forms of MS, because patients can be in a very good shape one day and in the worst shape of their lives the next one. This is why, the importance of treatment cannot be underlined enough.