It is not very common that multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects the central nervous system, manifests itself in children, and that is why the disease has poor visibility. That is why it is important to celebrate the First Conference 'Multiple sclerosis in childhood', in which the different aspects related to the presentation of the disease in the pediatric age will be analyzed.
The Ramón y Cajal University Hospital in Madrid will host the celebration, next Friday, February 15, of this first Day that aims to claim the difficulties to investigate these cases, due, among other reasons, to the geographical distance between affected children and adolescents.
The day, completely free, is open to all interested public (must be previously registered) and it will participate, among other experts, professionals from the Madrid Private Foundation against Multiple Sclerosis (FEMMADRID), a member of Somos Pacientes (the community of patient associations).
The themes of the conference on "Multiple sclerosis in childhood" They will be contemplated in two tables:
The first dedicated to the 'Clinical aspects of Multiple Sclerosis in the pediatric age' with the development of the conferences' Epidemiology in the pediatric age ',' How to deal with the diagnosis of MS in childhood and adolescence 'and' Characteristics Clinics of MS in the pediatric age '.
The second table, entitled 'Diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of Multiple Sclerosis in childhood and adolescence', will contemplate the development of the conferences' Social support for patients with MS in pediatric age and their family ',' Study of CSF in MS in the pediatric age 'and' New oral treatments of MS in the pediatric age '.
We hope you are interesting Conference on "Multiple sclerosis in childhood" which will take place next week in Madrid, serves to share conclusions about this rare disease in children and how to address it, along with new proposals to continue investigating it.
