Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis (POMS)
September 15, 2026
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)? What is POMS?MS: Neuroinflammatory or demyelinating disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) including brain and/or spinal cord.POMS: Diagnosis of MS before 18 years of age, with diagnosis before 10-12 years of age being rare. About 3-5% of MS cases worldwide are pediatric onset.What are risk factors to develop POMS?There are several known risk factors associated with POMS, many of which overlap with adult-onset multiple sclerosis (AOMS).Environmental...
Fatigue, and a camping trip a half century ago
August 14, 2026
I was diagnosed with M.S., around the time I turned fifty, and I don’t recall having any symptoms beforehand, but not long ago, I suddenly remembered what might have been the very first time I experienced an M.S. symptom, back when I was a kid. To be clear, I didn’t experience this symptom firsthand. To be even more clear: the symptom I might have experienced was that particular M.S. symptom that is, on the one hand, what I’d call a very prominent symptom – one that you hear and read a lot ...
Heat Management for People with Multiple Sclerosis
August 14, 2026
It’s the height of summer, a time that for many can mean escaping to the outdoors, vacations at the beach, and hours at a time in the sun. For many people with multiple sclerosis, however, this can be a tough time of the year to push through. In this article, we’ll discuss why that can be the case and some strategies to keep some of these effects at bay! How can heat cause problems for people with Multiple Sclerosis? Multiple Sclerosis is a demyelinating condition, which means that primarily...
