Health Literacy of Multiple Sclerosis among Youth

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). It is the most common cause of non-traumatic disability in young adults [1]. MS affects an estimated 2.8 million people across the world, with a higher prevalence and incidence in the northern hemisphere [2]. The incidence of MS is low in childhood and increases after the age of 18, reaching a peak between 20 and 40 years with the mean age of incidence are 30 years; and women affected earlier than men did by 2–5 years, with a decrease in the incidence above the age of 50 years [3]. Around 30000 cases under age of 18 years old, every 5 minutes a cases of MS diagnosed. In Egypt the prevalence of disease was 59 per 100000 populations, with 75% of cases were females versus 25% were males with 2% of them were children. In Egypt 65% of cases were relapsed type, 25% were secondary progressive, and 10% were primary progressive type [4].