Iman Aly opens up about her struggle with Multiple Sclerosis on World MS day

LAHORE- Model and actress Iman Ali revealed a decade ago that she has Multiple Sclerosis and once again,  she has opened up about living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) on World Multiple Sclerosis Day.

In an Instagram post, she wrote: “Maybe some of you know already that I am living with Multiple Sclerosis. It is a part of my life now and my lifestyle has completely changed. My speech, movements, everything is impacted. But I am fighting on, like all the other patients who are living with this disease.”

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The actor shared relapses happen as well. “MS affects the nerves in the brain and the most common symptom is blurred vision,” she said.  “When there is a relapse, the blurred vision is also accompanied by dizziness. So in honour of World MS Day on May 30, I am uploading a #Blurfie and urge you all to show support.”

Iman Ali talks about living with MS and how it has changed her life completely. She says that her speech and movement have been affected by this life threatening disease. She also shared how one’s vision gets blurred when they have MS, and sometimes this blurred vision is accompanied by dizziness.

She didn’t put up a selfie, rather she put up a ‘blurfie’ as a way to show people how this blurred vision looks like.

For those of you who don’t know, MS is an autoimmune condition that affects the brain and spinal cord, resulting in varied symptoms. There is no cure for the disease but it can be treated and managed with various medications.

The symptoms of MS that patients experience differ from people to people and may even be varying in the same person.

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