Nancy Banoub
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- 2/11/2025
Sensory impairment: numbness or tingling
In most instances, numbness is a temporary symptom of multiple sclerosis and it remits without intervention. Consequently, numbness is often considered more of an annoyance than a disabling symptom. However, in severe cases, numbness can interfere with a person’s ability to function normally. - 12/6/2024
Multiple sclerosis symptoms: optic neuritis
Optic neuritis is the presenting feature of MS in 15 to 20 percent of patients and occurs in 50 percent of patients with MS at some time during the course of their illness. - 12/1/2024
Multiple sclerosis symptoms: Dysphagia
It’s estimated that more than one in three people with MS have trouble swallowing, according to a meta-analysis published in Neurological Sciences. - 10/16/2024
MS Symptoms: muscle weakness
In this ongoing series, Nancy Banoub examines the symptoms of MS, their cause and outlines potential remedial steps that can be taken to help mitigate these symptoms. Feel free to share with patients. - 8/5/2024
Multiple Sclerosis symptoms: Dysarthria
As the latest installment in this continuing series, pharmacist Nancy Banoub examines a symptom of MS that can cause communication difficulties for patients. - 5/28/2024
Phamacogenomics and MS care
May 30 is World MS Day. I’d like to take the opportunity to discuss the importance of pharmacogenomics in providing complete care for patients with multiple sclerosis. - 3/11/2024
Symptoms of MS: Fatigue
In this ongoing series for pharmacists, Nancy Banoub examines the symptoms of MS, their cause and outlines potential remedial steps that can be taken to help mitigate these symptoms. - 11/20/2023
Symptoms of multiple sclerosis: Paroxysmal symptoms
Although paroxysmal symptoms are not uncommon, they remain underrecognized and pose a diagnostic challenge, leading to a delay in the initial diagnosis of MS or failure to recognize signs of a relapse in patients with an established MS. - 9/10/2023
MS Symptoms: Pain
In this, the fifth installment of a series on the common signs and symptons of multiple sclerosis (MS) and what to do about them, Nancy Banoub talks about pain. - 7/3/2023
Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis: Gait
In this ongoing series, we look at the common signs and symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis—and what to do about them. this time—What is MS gait?
