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In relapsing-remitting MS, you have unpredictable attacks, called exacerbations, where your symptoms suddenly get worse. These attacks take place over several days to weeks. After each attack, it can take weeks to months to recover all (or even just part) of your previous abilities.
In the worst cases, however, people can have partial or complete paralysis. What causes these symptoms? In MS, symptoms result when inflammation and breakdown occur in myelin, the protective insulation surrounding the nerve fibers of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).