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Do you think MS is a rare disease?
February 28 is Rare Disease Day. Do you think MS is a rare disease? Is having a day to bring attention to rare diseases important to you?
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Hiya Ed.
I am sure there are more people with MS than we think. So, not so rare.
MS has so many different symptoms, it’s hard to even diagnose.
<span class=”ILfuVd NA6bn” lang=”en”><span class=”hgKElc”>World Multiple Sclerosis Day – <b>May 30, 2023</b>.</span></span>
Jilly PPMS
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Depends on how we view the figures…” there are approximately 7.673 billion people in the world. Of those around 2.8 million have been diagnosed with MS ( sounds a lot. ) Based on that data less than 1% of the population has MS ” ( doesn’t sound a lot )
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That’s a lot for my understanding. But I feel like I am the only one who has it.
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I don’t know about rare but I do know it’s concentrated more in my area (Western New York) from what I’ve read. I know so many who suffer from MS so in my small world, it’s common.
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Hi Jilly, wonder how many have the Primary Progressive form, seeing’s that it is one of the rarer with only 10% – 15% of people supposedly having it..and yes i happen to be one of them…
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