ISSN: 2320-5407 Int. J. Adv. Res. 4(12), 1581-1600 1581 Journal Homepage: - www.journalijar.com Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2560 DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2560 RESEARCH ARTICLE PREVALENCE OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN SAUDI ARABIA Maryam Alshanqiti 1 , Fawaz Fahad Alotaibi 2 , Jafer Mohammed Alahmed 3 , Marwah Lafi Alrehaili 1 , Salwa Saleem Alalwi 1 and Dr. Farah Mansuri 4 . 1. Medical intern, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia. 2. Medical intern, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Saudi Arabia. 3. Medical intern, Jilin University, Changchun, China. 4. MBBS, MCPS, FCPS, Professor Dept of Community & Family Medicine, Taibah University, Al Medinah Munawara. …………………………………………………………………………………………………….... Manuscript Info Abstract ……………………. ……………………………………………………………… Manuscript History Received: 27 October 2016 Final Accepted: 25 November 2016 Published: December 2016 Key words:- Multiple sclerosis, Prevalence, KSA This study aimed at detecting a rough estimation of the prevalence of multiple sclerosis among citizens of Saudi Arabia. Methodology: It is a cross sectional study purposed to estimate the prevalence of multiple sclerosis in KSA in 2016. It involved 633 individual from the society of Saudi Arabia. Results and conclusion: Most of the respondents (68.1%)were female, Also most of them (47.1%) aged between (20-24) , (94.5%) of them were Saudi national, the largest proportion of them (34.4%) live in the eastern region, (69.8%) of them hold a university degree, and (57.7%) of the respondents are single. Also, we found out that (66.2%) of the respondents don't know if they have MS or not, while (64.1%) of them don’t have relatives suffer from MS, as (24.3%) of the relatives who suffer from MS were cousins, and the most common suspicious symptom of MS was Fatigue Exhaustion as (6.8%) of the respondents have that symptom, also (96.4%) of the respondents don’t suffer from immune diseases, and most of those who suffer from immune diseases (26.1%) suffer from eczema. Also, (86.1%) of the respondents don’t suffer from Genetics diseases, while(18.2%) of the respondents who suffer from Genetic disease suffer from diabetes, and (71.7) of the respondents who suffer MS are females, while 49.1%) of the respondents who suffer MS aged between 25-35, (84.9%) of the respondents who suffer MS are Saudi national, and (39.6%) of the respondents who suffer MS live in the Objectives:-Central region, as (73.6%) of the respondents who suffer MS hold a university degree. The analysis illustrated that (64.2%) of the respondents who suffer from MS don’t have relatives suffer from MS, and (33.3 %) of the respondents who suffer from MS who have relatives suffer from MS have a mother suffers from MS, also (5.7%) of the respondents who suffer from MS have a symptom of Weakness in arm or leg, Numbness in the extremities, Loss of Balance or Fatigue Exhaustion, while Corresponding Author:- Maryam Alshanqiti. Address:- Medical intern, Taibah University, Medina, Saudi Arabia.