What is secondary progressive MS?
Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) is a stage of the condition which comes after – is secondary to – relapsing remitting MS. In other words, secondary progressive MS only occurs in people who have already had relapsing remitting MS.
It is possible to be diagnosed with this type of MS when you are first diagnosed with the condition – if the relapsing remitting phase of MS had never been identified – but this is rare. The following sections describe the particular features of secondary progressive MS in more detail.
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How do I know if I have developed secondary progressive MS?
- What sort of changes are likely to happen?
- How is this different from primary progressive MS?
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Difficulties diagnosing secondary progressive MS
- Differences between relapsing remitting and secondary progressive MS
- Relapses
- Other confusing factors
- What’s happening in the central nervous system
- Does everyone with relapsing remitting MS develop secondary progressive MS?
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Managing secondary progressive MS
- Self management
- For symptoms
- For relapses
- Disease modifying drugs
- Can disease modifying drugs delay the start of secondary progressive MS?
- Mitoxantrone
- Research into new drugs
- Rehabilitation
