Symptoms related to multiple sclerosis (MS) are rarely life threatening, but they can be painful and frightening — and may lead you to consider a trip to the hospital.
Indeed, many people leave the hospital with a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis when symptoms like numbness, vision changes, weakness, loss of balance, or vertigo have prompted them to seek emergency care.
But if you’ve already been diagnosed with MS, what constitutes a true emergency, and what problems could be better handled in an office visit with your primary care physician or neurologist, or with a visit to an urgent care center?
3 Reasons to Seek Urgent or Emergency Care
Generally speaking, there are three situations that might require urgent or emergency care for people with MS, says Brandon Moss, MD, a neurologist at the Mellen Center at Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
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