Spotlight on MS

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Multiple sclerosis is a disease which doctors have partially misunderstood for 200 years. But now there is new information that will change the view of both the course of the disease and the treatment. At the same time, the researchers have found protective factors that are surprising – sun, moist snuff, coffee and alcohol.

MS. Foto: iStockphoto

New knowledge of MS

The knowledge of MS has exploded in the last 20 years. Before that, doctors could only give the diagnosis, now there is a large variety of drugs that can slow the course of the disease.
Det tog åtta år innan Daniel Häggkvist berättade öppet om sin MS-diagnos. Foto: Linda Forsell

Daniel Häggkvist: “Took eight years before I talked about it”

Being diagnosed with MS was like a blow straight to the chest. The shock lasted several years and it took years before Daniel Häggkvist talked openly about his diagnosis.
Sofie Arkelsten fick diagnosen MS i 35-årsåldern. Foto: Linda Forsell

Sofia Arkelsten: "To be diagnosed was liberating"

Sofia Arkelsten is optimistic. You can actually do something about MS, even if it felt strange to be affected.
Maja Jagodic och Lara Kular, forskare vid institutionen för klinisk neurovetenskap. Foto: Stefan Zimmerman

Mechanism controlling MS risk identified

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a new mechanism of a major risk gene for MS that triggers disease through so-called epigenetic regulation. Read more on KI News. 
Anna Karin Hedström. Foto: Privat

Solvents and smoking linked to risk of MS

People who carry genes that make them more susceptible to developing MS are at much greater risk of developing the disease if they have been exposed to paint, varnish and other solvents, research shows.
Autoimmune diseasesNeurology
04 Jul 2018 by Katarina Sternudd.