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Eric Hovde: “I got diagnosed at 27 in May of 1991.”

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

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Eric Hovde 6 19 2026

Published | Video Starts at 01:58

… the rest, and then I'll get into research and what we've learned, because I've been deeply involved in the field. Field of Ms. Research for over 30 years. So first, I got diagnosed at 27 in May of 1991. I probably had optic neuritis at first, and a year earlier, they couldn't figure out what it was, and it went away. (01:58–02:04)

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Asserts diagnosis of MS at age 27 in May 1991.

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