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The Disease with a Thousand Faces: A Closer Look at MS and Mental Health
Listen Well
English - April 24, 2023 10:24 - 32 minutes - 25.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsEducation Health & Fitness mind psychiatry psychology wellness • health Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Multiple Sclerosis is a complex disease that can take a long time to diagnose and may present with a multitude of symptoms - explaining why it is sometimes referred to as "The disease with a thousand faces." In this Listen Well episode, host Dr. Mo Alsuwaidan delves into the patient experience from the onset of symptoms, when anxiety can often set in prior to accurate identification, to reaching diagnosis and beyond. To shed further light on the subject, he speaks with Piet Eelen, a clinical nurse specialist in Multiple Sclerosis working at the National Multiple Sclerosis Center in Belgium, and with advocate Federica Balzani, who lives herself with the condition while serving as VP of the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP).