Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week gives real opportunity to find out and learn more about what it means to live with the condition.  It is a chance for people to understand the wide ranging effects of the disease.

Multiple Sclerosis or MS, as it is usually known as, is the most common neurological condition in young adults in the UK.  It is an autoimmune condition, which means the immune system mistakes the body’s own tissue for a foreign body and attacks it.  It is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord, which can cause loss of muscle control, vision, balance, and sensation.

Facts about Multiple Sclerosis:

• Around 100,000 people in the UK have MS
• MS is most often diagnosed in people between the ages of 20 and 40, and women are almost twice as likely to develop it as men

• Symptoms of MS vary from person to person and can change over time in the same person

• Once diagnosed, MS stays with you for life

Pulse Insurance Ltd (Pulse) is a specialist, high risk company which is able to offer Life Insurance to people who have been diagnosed with MS. 

Pulse is a bespoke company, which means their underwriters assess each individual case on its own merits and we can provide cover in many cases.  There are, however certain circumstances and conditions combined with MS which Pulse is unable to offer cover on.  To find out more and whether Pulse can assist you in obtaining life insurance, please contact them by phone, email or fax.