The Blood Test That Could Improve Your MS Prognosis

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The Blood Test That Could Improve Your MS Prognosis

By showing potential to help predict the progression of MS, a blood test is aiming to reduce the number of MRIs for people with the chronic condition.

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[anaishunter]

The discovery of a biomarker for MS would be incredible progress for future generations. Same for tracking disease progression - today it's mostly a mistery.

[jimeka]

I would rather have a minute blood test than 2 hours in the mri tank, 🦋

[BigMar7 in reply to jimeka]

Me too Jimeka! 😀❤️🍫🍫

[rjoneslaw in reply to jimeka]

I agree

[MS_Indestructible in reply to jimeka]

or a lumbar puncture [spinal tap or such]

[jimeka in reply to MS_Indestructible]

Definitely, I would have a blood test over a ST any day. Never had to have one, my doctor is against them 😊

[MS_Indestructible in reply to jimeka]

I was lucky, my back was numb all I felt was a little pressure

[jimeka in reply to MS_Indestructible]

Pleased it went well 😊

[Peruzzot in reply to jimeka]

I've had two of them done. One the Italian way...absolutely no anesthesia...that was incredibly painful and took a week to recover from. A second one the American way...anesthesia... no pain... took a day and a half to recover.

A simple blood test I'm all for it.

[Amerilove1]

Thanks!

[CynthiaS]

I asked my neurologist, she didn't agree. Wants to prevent any new activity, not wait til something happens.