This is a question about Multiple Sclerosis?

My question is my wifes mom has Mulitiple Sclerosis would she have it as well because she has it. What are some symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis?

Genetics plays a significant part in determining whether or not you will get MS. The average person in the United States has about one chance in 750 of developing MS. But close (first-degree) relatives of people with MS, such as children, siblings or non-identical twins, have a higher chance鈥攔anging from one in 100 to one in 40. The identical twin of someone with MS, who shares all the same genes, has a one in four chance of developing the disease. If genes were solely responsible for determining who gets MS, an identical twin of someone with MS would have a 100% chance of developing the disease; the fact that the risk is only 1 in 4 demonstrates that other factors, including geography, ethnicity, and the elusive infectious trigger are likely involved as well.

The most common symptoms of MS are:

Bladder Dysfunction
Bowel Dysfunction
Changes in Cognitive Function, including problems with memory, attention, and problem-solving
Dizziness and Vertigo
Depression and other Emotional Changes
Depression
Fatigue (also called MS lassitude)
Difficulty in Walking and/or Balance or Coordination Problems
Abnormal sensations such as Numbness or 鈥減ins and needles鈥?br> Sexual Dysfunction
Spasticity
Vision Problems (Optic Neuritis)

Less common symptoms include:

Headache
Hearing Loss
Itching
Seizures
Speech and Swallowing Disorders
Dysphagia (Swallowing Problems)
Tremor

HTH

UPDATE: I need to clarify something else. The previous answerer left a pretty bad impression of MS. Less than 5% of people who have MS will develop symptoms so badly that they remain bedridden or it "shortens their lifespan." The large majority of people with MS will live full lives with some mild to moderate disability.

Also, you cannot die from MS. Secondary symptoms can become severe and cause death, but you cannot die directly from MS.

not necessarily but it does run in families.

MS is not inherited, nor is it something you can catch.

The mechanism behind it is not fully understood, but people who live with, care for, make love to, eat from the same fork as, etc. MS patients do not "catch" it.

Likewise, people who have a parent get MS have exactly the same odds of getting it themselves as people who don't know anybody who's got it.

The illness is characterized by nerve impulses not reaching their destination, something like a short in electrical wiring. This leaves muscles weak, or refusing to do your bidding. This tends to worsen gradually, with long periods in which the patient feels pretty good, interspersed with some real bad periods. In time, the MS patient becomes wheel-chair bound, later bedridden. It's terribly frustrating when the eyes can no longer focus, or the coordination required for speech just isn't there. It shortens life substantially.

Donate generously to research in your mother-in-law's honor--she raised a terrific daughter, right? The cure won't come until the cause is known.

Edit: webmd.com says that there MAY be a genetic link, which wasn't what they thought when my dad was ill. They also note that growing up in the same geographic location seems to be a factor.

Not likely that she will get it. Symptoms are numbness in legs, feet, arms. Balance problems, vision problems, urinary problems. It varies from person to person. It is a terrible disease, with a unknown future. My mother has ms, and she is now not able to walk. Please support your wife as this is very upsetting. Nobody likes to watch someone just slowly decline. go to www.multiplescelorsis.com or mssociety.com
you have my sympathy