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| Visual Symptoms | |
| Symptom | Description |
| Optic Neuritis | Blurred vision, eye pain, loss of colour vision, blindness |
| Diplopia | Double Vision |
| Nystagmus | Jerky Eye Movements |
| Ocular Dysmetria | Constant under- or overshooting eye movements |
| Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia | Lack of coordination between the two eyes, nystagmus, diplopia |
| Movement and sound phosphenes | Flashing lights when moving eyes or in response to a sudden noise |
| Afferent Pupillary Defect | Abnormal pupil responses |
| Motor Symptoms | |
| Symptom | Description |
| Paresis, Monoparesis, Paraparesis, Hemiparesis, Quadraparesis | Muscle weakness - partial or mild paralysis |
| Plegia, Paraplegia, Hemiplegia, Tetraplegia, Quadraplegia | Paralysis - Total or near total loss of muscle strength |
| Spasticity | Loss of muscle tone causing stiffness, pain and restricting free movement of affected limbs |
| Dysarthria | Slurred speech and related speech problems |
| Muscle Atrophy | Wasting of muscles due to lack of use |
| Spasms, Cramps | Involuntary contraction of muscles |
| Hypotonia, Clonus | Problems with posture |
| Myoclonus, Myokymia | Jerking and twitching muscles, Tics |
| Restless Leg Syndrome | Involuntary Leg Movements, especially bothersome at night |
| Footdrop | Foot drags along floor during walking |
| Dysfunctional Reflexes | MSRs, Babinski's, Hoffman's, Chaddock's |
| Sensory Symptoms | |
| Symptom | Description |
| Paraesthesia | Partial numbness, tingling, buzzing and vibration sensations |
| Anaesthesia | Complete numbness/loss of sensation |
| Neuralgia, Neuropathic and Neurogenic pain | Pain without apparent cause, burning, itching and electrical shock sensations |
| L'Hermitte's | Electric shocks and buzzing sensations when moving head |
| Proprioceptive Dysfunction | Loss of awareness of location of body parts |
| Trigeminal Neuralgia | Facial pain |
| Coordination and Balance Symptoms | |
| Symptom | |
| Ataxia | Loss of coordination |
| Intention tremor | Shaking when performing fine movements |
| Dysmetria | Constant under- or overshooting limb movements |
| Vestibular Ataxia | Abnormal balance function in the inner ear |
| Vertigo | Nausea/vomitting/sensitivity to travel sickness from vestibular ataxia |
| Speech Ataxia | Problems coordinating speech, stuttering |
| Dystonia | Slow limb position feedback |
| Dysdiadochokinesia | Loss of ability to produce rapidly alternating movements, for example to move to a rhythm |
| Bowel, Bladder and Sexual Symptoms | |
| Symptom | Description |
| Frequent Micturation, Bladder Spasticity | Urinary urgency and incontinence |
| Flaccid Bladder, Detrusor-Sphincter Dyssynergia | Urinary hesitancy and retention |
| Erectile Dysfunction | Male and female impotence |
| Anorgasmy | Inability to achieve orgasm |
| Retrograde ejaculation | Ejaculating into the bladder |
| Frigidity | Inability to become sexually aroused |
| Constipation | Infrequent or irregular bowel movements |
| Fecal Urgency | Bowel urgency |
| Fecal Incontinence | Bowel incontinence |
| Cognitive Symptoms | |
| Symptom | Description |
| Depression | |
| Cognitive dysfunction | Short-term and long-term memory problems, forgetfulness, slow word recall |
| Dementia | |
| Mood swings, emotional lability, euphoria | |
| Bipolar syndrome | |
| Anxiety | |
| Aphasia, Dysphasia | Impairments to speech comprehension and production |
| Other Symptoms | |
| Symptom | Description |
| Fatigue | |
| Uhthoff's Symptom | Increase in severity of symptoms with heat |
| Gastroesophageal Reflux | Acid reflux |
| Impaired sense of taste and smell | |
| Epileptic seizures | |
| Swallowing problems | |
| Respiratory problems | |
| Sleeping Disorders | |
| Inappropriately cold body parts | |
| Autonomic nervous system problems | |
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