1. Sore Throat. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), strep throat is a prevalent type of sore throat that strikes children. However, itâs less common in adults. The painful, sore, red, and inflamed throat tissues that come with strep are due to an severe viral infection.
Approximately 400,000 people in the United States and 2.3 million people worldwide have MS â and thereâs one new U.S. diagnosis of MS every hour, according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Multiple Sclerosis. MS is a neurological disease that occurs when the insulating material ( myelin ) around nerve cells in the central nervous system is damaged. The word sclerosis comes from the Greek word skleros, meaning hard. In multiple sclerosis, hard areas called plaques develop along a neuron's axon.Multiple refers to the many different areas of the nervous system that may have damaged myelin.eople usually develop symptoms of MS when they are 20 to 40 years old; MS is two to three times more common in women than in men. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society estimates that 250,000 to 350,000 people in the US have MS.