Gastrointestinal symptoms may precede a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in nearly half of patients with the neuromuscular condition, researchers have found.
Because the study was retrospective, the link between GI symptoms and the onset of MS is unclear, said Mariana Almeida, BA, a clinical research coordinator at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston, who led the analysis. However, the study “does raise some interesting questions about the enteric nervous system being one that is