Different types of MS

Benign MS

This form of MS has rare, very mild attacks separated by long periods with no symptoms. It is estimated that about 15-20% of people with MS have this form of the condition. As the defining characteristic of benign MS is the long-term absence of symptoms, it can only be diagnosed retrospectively after ten or more years.
very occasional relapses, with good recovery
The phrase is sometimes used inaccurately to describe a period of mild symptoms following diagnosis. Subsequent disease activity may sometimes prove this instead to have been a period of remission and that the person has relapsing/remitting MS.

Relapsing/remitting MS

The majority of people with MS are diagnosed with the relapsing/remitting form. This means they will have periods when symptoms flare up aggressively – known as a relapse, an attack or an exacerbation – followed by periods of good or complete recovery – a remission. It’s possible for symptoms to worsen gradually over time and for recovery from relapses to become less complete.relapses on average once or twice per year, with good or complete remission in between. Tendency for symptoms to worsen gradually over time. A relapse is the appearance of a new symptom or the reappearance of old symptoms that lasts more than 24 hours. A relapse can last for considerably longer than that and may persist for weeks or months. The frequency of relapses, the severity of symptoms experienced and the length of the gap read more

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