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  According to the Multiple Sclerosis Trust, there are an estimated 130,000 people in the UK currently diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis (MS). As a disease of the central nervous system the condition causes a wide variety of symptoms which affect the day-to-day lives of those living with the illness; often having a detrimental affect on a person’s mental health and general wellbeing. A recent survey carried out by the MS Trust found that of over 2,000 people living with MS, 56% felt that their condition impacted their mental health. MS Awareness Week 2023 runs from 24 th to 30 th April. This year, the two main MS charities in the UK, the MS Trust and the MS Society, have teamed up with five other MS charities to focus on raising awareness of the impact MS has on mental and emotional wellbeing.   RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES     The Health Libraries, both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer numerous resources related to the subject of multiple sclerosis....

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a condition that affects your brain and spinal cord. In MS, the coating that protects your nerves (myelin) is damaged. This causes a range of symptoms like blurred vision and problems with how we move think and feel. Once a person has been diagnosed with MS, it is with them for the rest of their lives; but with the help of treatments and specialists the condition and its symptoms can be managed. More than 130,000 people in the UK have MS. In the UK people are most likely to find out they have MS in their thirties, forties and fifties and MS is also more likely to affect women than men. For more information surrounding Multiple Sclerosis, please visit MS Society and NHS Choices websites: https://www.mssociety.org.uk/ https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/multiple-sclerosis/ RELATED LIBRARY RESOURCES For anyone studying the importance of improving both the awareness and knowledge of and supporting those who have been affected or suffer from multiple sc...