Let us just begin saying that most people are frightened by a positive MS diagnosis, but at the same time they find relief in knowing that the condition that has been haunting them for years has finally got a name. At the same time, when they start learning about MS they fear the long term effects that this condition has on their bodies. Spasticity, weakness, urinary dysfunction, bowel dysfunction, sexual dysfunction, pain, visual dysfunction, paroxysmal spasms, pathological laughing or crying, depression and cognitive impairment are some of the symptoms and effects that MS will have on their bodies long term.

Another thing that people are concerned about is the fact that some of the tissues in their bodies will be hardened by MS. However,  most people don’t know exactly what tissues. So, to answer this question, let’s cut it short and say that the nervous system is the tissue that affected and hardened by MS. Long answer short, multiple sclerosis affects the brain by destroying the myelin coating around the axons and neurons, which leads to poor nervous signals transmission, which in turn leads to all the symptoms mentioned above.