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Core muscles and your posture
Core stability muscles, or postural muscles, are the deep muscles in your abdomen, pelvis and back. They act to hold you together and help you maintain a good posture.
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What happens after diagnosis?
Want to find out more about what happens after you’ve been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS)? It all depends on how active your MS is, what treatments are available and what you'd prefer to happen.
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Bladder incontinence
Some people with multiple sclerosis experience bladder accidents (urinary incontinence), where bladder control is lost and urine leaks out. Treatment options can include pelvic floor exercises, medication, lifestyle changes and using a catheter.
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MS symptoms and diagnosis
Am I having a relapse? What are the early symptoms of multiple sclerosis? Find out about the signs and symptoms of MS, how MS is diagnosed, what's causing your symptoms and how to manage relapses.
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MS Decisions
Want to find out about the disease modifying drugs (DMDs) available to treat multiple sclerosis (MS)? MS Decisions is a guide to the DMDs approved for treating relapsing remitting MS in the UK.
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Hot bath test
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the hot bath test for MS involved lying in a bath of warm water. If this caused or worsened neurological symptoms, it was taken as evidence that the person had multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Lesion (MS lesion)
An MS lesion is an area of damage or scarring in the brain or spinal cord. Lesions are caused by inflammation that results from the immune system attacking the myelin sheath around the nerves in your central nervous system.
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Urinary tract infections (UTIs)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are a common bladder problem in multiple sclerosis. They are also known as water infections or cystitis. UTIs can cause you to feel a frequent urge to urinate and make urinating painful. Treatment is with a course of appropriate antibiotics.
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Pseudobulbar affect (pathological laughing and crying)
Some people with multiple sclerosis find that they experience sudden episodes of uncontrollable laughing and/or crying at inappropriate times, or which are unrelated, or out of proportion, to their current mood.
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About MS
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What's causing my symptoms?
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