Multiple Sclerosis Presenting as Acute Facial Paresthesia in a Male Collegiate Golfer

摘要

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune neurologic disease that affects hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, causing significant functional disability. The majority of onset and diagnoses occur between the ages of 20 and 40. Only rare reports of athletes returning to competition after a MS diagnosis appear in the literature. This case study details the onset of symptoms, treatment, and return to play of a collegiate athlete following the diagnosis of MS.