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The multiple sclerosis is developing among youth in Iran, deputy chairman of the Iran Multiple Sclerosis Society, Mohammad Ali Saraian said, Fars news agency reported.

"Judging by the people who come for treatments, we see that the multiple sclerosis has increased in the country, compared to 10 years ago," he said. "Most of them are young people."

Saraian noted that mostly the cases of multiple sclerosis have increased in such cities as Tehran, Shiraz and Isfahan.

Despite the fact that some Iranian sources claim there are some 50,000 multiple sclerosis patients in Iran, Saraian noted that there are no exact statistics on MS in Iran.

A few days ago, Saraian said that Iran will be releasing new oral Multiple sclerosis treatment on the local markets in October.

The treatment has been developed by Iranian doctors, and according to Saraian, is being tested on real patients, before being released to the open markets.

In January, Iranian television reported that scholars from the Tabriz Medical Research University have prepared an herbal substance which can completely cure multiple sclerosis.

The medicament is called "MS Nut" (Nutrition) and made of special oil plants. It is delivered in syrup form.

The scholars have been working to prepare the treatment for two and a half years. The medicament was tested on 100 multiple sclerosis patients. 65 of them completed the treatment. Most patients fully recovered, but those with more advanced forms of the disease were unable to.

According to the information, the period of treatment with "MS Nut" lasts from six months to a year. The treatment has been already licensed in Iran.

According to Iranian media, the number of multiple sclerosis patients has increased in Iran in recent years. Environmental factors are behind the wide spread nature of the disease.

If multiple sclerosis continues to spread so rapidly, in ten years every Iranian family will have one member with multiple sclerosis, the information said.