Causes of Multiple Sclerosis
A person’s environment, and possibly even a virus may play a role Doctors still don’t understand what causes MS, but there are interesting data that suggest that genetics,.
In Scotland, Scandinavia, and throughout northern Europe Different populations and ethnic groups have a markedly different prevalence of MS.. In the U.S. the prevalence of MS is higher in whites than in other racial groups the disease is especially common.
In certain parts of the world studies show that MS is more common, but if you move from an area with higher risk to one of lower risk, if the move occurs prior to adolescence you acquire the risk of your new home. To MS Such data suggest that exposure to some environmental agent encountered before puberty may predispose a person. Moreover, MS is a disease of temperate climates. Its prevalence increases with distance from the equator in both hemispheres.
Also there have been “epidemics” of MS — The group of people living off the coast of Denmark after WWII suggesting an environmental cause.for example,
In MS What Role Do Genetics Play?
MS may be inherited First Researchers believe that, second and third degree relatives of people with MS are at increased risk of developing the disease. Siblings of an affected person have a 2%-5% risk of developing MS.
