Multiple sclerosis: will it come between us? Sexual concerns of clients and their partners

Multiple sclerosis (MS), an unpredictable neurologic disease, is sometimes called the crippler of young adults. This crippling effect often involves sexual functioning. Sexuality is an issue that is frequently difficult for clients, their partners and health care providers to discuss. To address this difficulty, a teaching pamphlet entitled, MS ... Will it Come Between Us? was produced. Open communication and creativity are helpful in dealing with problems frequently encountered by clients with MS: fatigue, impotence, decreased vaginal lubrication, bladder and bowel dysfunction. The pamphlet helps clients with these issues as well as the basics of sexuality as a whole.