There are many different symptoms that are associated with the chronic neurological disease multiple sclerosis.  One of these is MS itching.  This is a rarer symptom that at first wasn’t linked to multiple sclerosis.  However, it is now recognized that some people will have multiple sclerosis itching at some point throughout the course of their disease.  This type of itching does not always include a rash or even any redness.  An itching attack can last for a few minutes or even a few hours.  There doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason to the itching attack.  Much of the attack is unknown to medical professionals at this time.

In a multiple sclerosis itching attack, the area that is affected can be localized or it can be the entire body.  Some specific areas that can be affected are the hands, limbs, the chest, and the back.  The itching attacks …