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Signs of MS?????
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Signs of MS?????
by kjam, Apr 19, 2004 12:00AM
Thanks for taking my question:
I'm a 26 y.o. healthy female. June 2003 my symptoms appeared as follows: Day 1 - pins and needles in left hand and arm, Day 2- spread to left leg, Day 3 - spread to all extremities and face. Symptoms lasted for about 8 days after which I was left with slight weakness feeling in left leg and left arm that presently comes and goes on a daily basis. Also left with an odd sensation on left side of face, mostly near my eye but can also spread to cheek and neck, and occasionally to same area on right side of face. I have no loss of feeling, nor does it tingle. Vision is normal. This sensation comes and goes but is usually felt at least once a day although can be present for more than 24 hrs.I have felt it almost every day since first pins and needles episode last June. Had episode of pins and needles again Nov. 2003, exactly the same as described above. MRI in Dec 2003 normal, 2 X CT also normal, blood work normal. Meds include nadolol for heart conditon. No fam. hx of MS.
Have history of anxiety including symptoms of lightheadedness and skakiness. Most recently have felt like my left ear is "plugged", like I need to pop it, hearing may be slightly comprimised. Some mild pain off and on.
Neurologist claims this can all be explained by nerve inflammation. If this is indeed the case why would I only feel it on one side of my body? I fear this is MS. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I'm a 26 y.o. healthy female. June 2003 my symptoms appeared as follows: Day 1 - pins and needles in left hand and arm, Day 2- spread to left leg, Day 3 - spread to all extremities and face. Symptoms lasted for about 8 days after which I was left with slight weakness feeling in left leg and left arm that presently comes and goes on a daily basis. Also left with an odd sensation on left side of face, mostly near my eye but can also spread to cheek and neck, and occasionally to same area on right side of face. I have no loss of feeling, nor does it tingle. Vision is normal. This sensation comes and goes but is usually felt at least once a day although can be present for more than 24 hrs.I have felt it almost every day since first pins and needles episode last June. Had episode of pins and needles again Nov. 2003, exactly the same as described above. MRI in Dec 2003 normal, 2 X CT also normal, blood work normal. Meds include nadolol for heart conditon. No fam. hx of MS.
Have history of anxiety including symptoms of lightheadedness and skakiness. Most recently have felt like my left ear is "plugged", like I need to pop it, hearing may be slightly comprimised. Some mild pain off and on.
Neurologist claims this can all be explained by nerve inflammation. If this is indeed the case why would I only feel it on one side of my body? I fear this is MS. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-CS, Apr 21, 2004 12:00AM
The normal MRI in December helps to exclude MS, however it would also be reasonable to check a MRI of the cervical spine. You have not mentioned your neurologic examination, and therefore, it is difficult to tell which part of the nervous system is involved. Perhaps disorders such as lyme disease, inflammatory disorders, and possibly connective tissue disorders should be evaluated. Also atypical migraine can cause similar symptoms. Good luck.
The burning on my skin is probably the worst of my complaints. I also have an eye disease called Pars Planitis that makes me worry about MS. It is linked to MS in about 7-8% of cases. More than makes me happy, that's for dang sure!!
Keep us posted on what's going on. I will do the same.
Sherry
Good luck.
jwick
I am 33 year old female who has same symptoms for the past 6 months. Until last week I was very patient with my doctor's "god knows what you have, you could suffer from panic attacks", but than I got so sick of all of that, so I changed him for good.
It all started on Nov. 5th 2003..I was doing my clinical at the hospital and suddenly I was so dizzy that I almost fell over my patient. Two days after that incident I ended up in the emergency room. "Of course" everything was fine. Labeled as a "stressed" I was sent home. Later on I began having a more strange symptoms, occuring together or appart: very dizzy, tired, numbness in parts of my body, very poor balance, pressure in right eye, muscle and joint pain, constipation, cramps, tremors, urinary trakt infections etc...I cryed at my doctors office just to get a chance for any kind of test. He ordered Holter Monitor (only he knows why?!) and CAT scan of the brain. Thank god this test were O.K. So at least I knew I did't have brain tumor and my heart was fine too. My hero doctor decided to write down dx: panic attack disorder. Fine! He put me on Zoloft, which I am still taking. Then my symptoms got worse. I thought maybe...Zoloft's side effects? Three weeks ago, I went to the bathroom, done..and after 1 minute or so I was all wet, I could not hold urine at all. The same feeling as when the pregnant women's water brakes. This hapened couple of times since then. I changed the doc. and first thing that the new doctor asked me was" Is there anyone in your family who has an MS?" He ordered MRI which I will have next week. And he also said that I should have seen neurologist months before. I realy hope that at least I will know something, something which will put me on the right path, so I can treat this condition. I am not saying that I think it is MS, but I know something is not right, because I am not the same healthy and strong person anymore.
I do apologize for my spelling, I learned Engl. 5 years ago.
Thank you for sharing your feelings and experience and good luck to all of you!