The symptoms listed below can also have other causes, so even if someone has a diagnosis, it should not always be assumed they are all due to the MS. If they have another cause, the treatment might also need to be different.

This list is for information only – it isn’t a comprehensive checklist of symptoms that people with MS experience. Some are more common than others.

If these symptoms occur, tell your doctor or health care team so they can help find the cause and best way to manage them. Drug treatments as well as help from specialists, like physiotherapists and occupational therapists, can help people manage many MS symptoms very effectively.

» Difficulties with balance and dizziness

» Fatigue - an overwhelming sense of tiredness

» Visual problems such as blurred or double vision

» Numbness, tingling or pins and needles - sometimes these sensory changes can feel painful

» Bladder problems

» Cognitive problems (problems with memory and thinking)

» Stiffness or spasms in muscles - sometimes called 'spasticity'

» Emotional and mood changes

» Tremor

» Bowel problems

» Sexual problems

» Speech difficulties

» Swallowing difficulties