Staying Healthy with Vaccines: What People with MS Should Know
December 15, 2025
If you have multiple sclerosis (MS), keeping up with your vaccines is one of the easiest ways to protect your health. Infections can sometimes trigger MS relapses or make symptoms worse, so preventing them is key. The good news is that vaccines are generally safe for people with MS. Most standard vaccines, including the flu shot, tetanus boosters, hepatitis B, HPV, pneumococcal vaccines, and the recombinant shingles vaccine (Shingrix), are safe and well tolerated. These inactivated vaccines can...
Numb Hands
October 15, 2025
I have been experiencing numbness in the fingers of my right hand for a few years. I have also lost some dexterity. This is a sad situation because I make a lot of things with my hands—and I am right handed. One day I started making a large papier mache hand without thinking about it, without realizing that it was possibly to do with my struggles. It wasn’t until I made the fingers very blocky and large (the way mine feel) and added bumps to indicate my arthritis, that I realized it was a...
Bruton Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors (BTKi) in Multiple Sclerosis
October 15, 2025
BTKis target a group of proteins found on a variety of immune cells involved in the pathogenesis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS), including mediators of inflammation locally in the Central Nervous System (CNS). By targeting these proteins, the hope is that these medications will be able to decrease the activation of immune cells within the central nervous system directly, and could prevent inflammatory activity in people with MS. BTKis have several theoretical advantages over some of the current...
