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Recognizing relapse versus fatigue with NMO

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Jennifer van Amerom, an NMO patient advocate, shares how she differentiates between a disease relapse and fatigue. Read her column, “The Beginners Guide to Walking.”

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One of the big trending concerns for me is just how weak my legs and my arms, my extremities, are feeling.

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So if I’m struggling to hold a mug or walk up the stairs, and it lasts for more than a couple of days, then I start to recognize that perhaps I’m having a relapse as opposed to just fatigue.

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