Neurology

A 65-year-old woman repeatedly seeks medical help for her failing memory. She is first told it’s nothing to worry about, then, a year later, that it’s “just normal aging.” Until finally, the penny drops: “It’s Alzheimer’s. There is no cure.”

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.