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Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis

Canada has become the country with one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis. Immigration from northern European countries was presumed for this occurrence. It is known as a Genetic kind of disease for some times.

Now, there is a new pattern has emerged, as said by the medical experts. The kids of immigrants in Canada are appearing to be just as prone to MS as their parents. It does mean that Canadian atmosphere has something that causes the increasing rate of MS.

Brenda Banwell of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says that, ‘If a child grows up in a high MS region, he is at danger to have the disease. It does not matter from where their parents are from.’ The researchers are now believing that genetics still have a role in MS but it now not as the driving force as it was thought earlier.

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