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Eric Hovde: “30% of people with MS get progressive disease and it will…”

Featuring: Eric Hovde, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 07:24

Your immune system goes awry and starts attacking the myelin sheath and then it can eat all the way through the nerve. So sadly it's a very serious disease. 30% of people with MS get progressive disease and it will finally result in death. you will lose your maybe ability to see, walk, breathe, and you know, it results in death. 70% is relapsing, remitting, where you have an attack, it'll eat away at your myelin, you go into remission, but you may have residual damage. (07:24–07:27)

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Asserts that 30% of people with MS develop a progressive form that leads to death.

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