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inactive ms

what is inactive ms and does it leave you with current symptoms?
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667078 tn?1316000935
Inactive MS is MS with no symptoms. The catch is MS progresses with out symptoms so with out symptoms damage can occur. No one not even doctors know when MS will turn from inactive to active. That is why it is important to be on a DMD. It is extremely rare. Once the damage is done there is no going back to the way you were before.

I had most of my MS damage before the age of five. Mine did not progress until my 40's. My MRIs have three lesions and all look identical no matter how much time between them.

I do have permanent double vision, balance issues, cognitive, tremors, and muscle spasms and now foot drop.

Alex

Alex
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1831849 tn?1383228392
Hi TBT - Welcome to the group.

Inactive MS likely refers to the periods of remission between relapses in relapsing remitting MS. The symptoms caused by MS are the result of nerve inflammation. Periods where inflammation is present/active are called relapses. Periods when there is no active inflammation are referred to aas remission. The level of damaged caused by the inflammation will determmine the degree to which symptoms disappear.

We all have our own version of MS, so you will here many different versions of what remission is like. For some folks symptom relief is complete between relapses. Others see some, but not total relief. Once my initial relapse relented I spent 10 years without any evidence of MS whatsoever. Now that my MS has progressed to secondary progressive MS I tend not to have major relapses and they symptoms I have tend to be with me all of the time. (It can take a long time to move from RRMS to SPMS :-))

Hope this helps,

Kyle
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