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cerebral peduncle infarct
by wilkat, Jul 13, 2004 12:00AM
About 10 years ago, I started having very strange symptoms that started one morning when I woke up and felt like my head was pulling to the right and I had severe fatigue and would bump into objects; a few weeks later I started getting aches in both of my thighs and this has progressed to pain and
sometimes numbness in both of my arms and legs. I also had a strange sensation in the back of my head and had blurry, sometimes double vision. Then my head felt like it was bobbing. I went to a neurologist who thought from the initial exam that I had multiple sclerosis. I had an MRI, and he concluded that I did not have MS, but later I found out that there was an increased signal in the left cerebral peduncle. Most of these symptoms eventually went away, but over the last
two years they have returned. It began with a spell of vertigo that lasted about a week (the kind where the room felt like it was spinning.) I had another MRI about that time and it showed a tiny old infarct in the left cerebral peduncle. I was never told this and only found out when I got the records for something else. During the last few weeks, I have had brief episodes of this same vertigo again and the sensation as if my head is bobbing. I also have chronic sinusitis and GERD. I developed bouts of both bowel and urinary incontinence that has since gotten better. I am taking 25 mg. of Elavil, but this doesn't help much.
Could you tell me which, if any, of these symptoms could be related to the small stroke?
How likely is it that this can happen again?
Should I have further evaluation?
sometimes numbness in both of my arms and legs. I also had a strange sensation in the back of my head and had blurry, sometimes double vision. Then my head felt like it was bobbing. I went to a neurologist who thought from the initial exam that I had multiple sclerosis. I had an MRI, and he concluded that I did not have MS, but later I found out that there was an increased signal in the left cerebral peduncle. Most of these symptoms eventually went away, but over the last
two years they have returned. It began with a spell of vertigo that lasted about a week (the kind where the room felt like it was spinning.) I had another MRI about that time and it showed a tiny old infarct in the left cerebral peduncle. I was never told this and only found out when I got the records for something else. During the last few weeks, I have had brief episodes of this same vertigo again and the sensation as if my head is bobbing. I also have chronic sinusitis and GERD. I developed bouts of both bowel and urinary incontinence that has since gotten better. I am taking 25 mg. of Elavil, but this doesn't help much.
Could you tell me which, if any, of these symptoms could be related to the small stroke?
How likely is it that this can happen again?
Should I have further evaluation?
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