Interesting article

Everyday living
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Hi,

Just thought I would share this. It would appear that the progression of MS will be more benign for people who have optic neuritis as their initial symptom.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2440583/

Adrian

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Have you provided the right link Adrian? This is to a study of the risk of developing MS after a first attack of ON.

Karen x

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Hi Karen,

Yes, it is just a couple of lines in the discussion;

“Our finding of a low frequency of substantial disability among patients developing MS is similar to some prior studies”

but I was reading in other trials where the first ten years after diagnosis were fairly benign in patients where the first major symptom was ON.

Thanks,

Adrian x