Once a person is diagnosed with MS, conversations related to other possible medical conditions decrease. The MS umbrella, held by the neuorologist, gives protection to a myriad of symptoms.

As reported in a new study "A number of common conditions are mistaken for multiple sclerosis (MS), a disabling central nervous system disease, say researchers at four academic medical centers across the U.S in a study published online August 31, 2016 in the journal Neurology."

In her latest blog, Joan Beal comments on the prevalence of mis-diagnosing multiple sclerosis and the associated risk to patients.
http://ccsviinms.blogspot.com/2016/08/ms-midiagnosis.html

From Rindfliesch's discovery of the central vessel in the MS lesion in 1863, to Dr. Paolo Zamboni's discovery of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency. 150 years of MS research on blood flow and perfusion of the central nervous system. Because the heart and the brain are connected.