I HAVE THREE MORE QUESTIONS

[sandie490]

Greetings Everyone!
I have another three questions guys!  Okay, first one.... when you are having a sx flare up, when it's a sx of MS, how long will it usually last vs not MS?  eg vertigo, with a flare, will it start acting up for a couple of days bad, and then kinda ease up, and then come back again out of the blue?

Second question...  I've spoken about that loud sigh/gasp that I have been experiencing in earlier posts.  My neuro ordered a thoracic mri with the brain, but I was wondering.  I have also been experiencing alot of muscle spasms and twitching, and tremors, in my chest ,shoulder and neck, area on the left side.  Is it possible that this is a problem with my diaphram?  Could this sigh/gasp problem be my diaphram having a spasm episode?

Third question.....  with bladder retention, does it feel like an uncomfortable pressure in your bladder where you feel like you are on the brink of a UTI, and you get some pain, and the feeling of the need to urinate, and maybe you do a little, but feel like you need to do more but can't.  So you think you're finished but wind up back there again?  Also is there any burning involved?  I doesn't happen all day though,

[jensequitur]

I've had spasms of the diaphragm, and involuntary convulsions of the stomach.  I think hiccups are because of an irritation to the phrenic nerve, or the vagus nerve.

[HVAC]

A spasm in the diaphragm would most likely sound like a hiccup or lead to non stop hiccups?

Alex

[Lulu54]

Hi Sandi,
you can ask all the questions you want ....  I can tackle #1 and #3

1.  there is no average time for symptoms in a flare acting up - technically they have to last more than a day, but often there are people who have them last for months.  And yes, those symptoms can wax and wane.  The intensity does not have to remain the same.  Like everything else in MS, no two people have the same pattern.  

3. I have personal experience with this one.I do get the uncomfortable pressure feeling in my bladder, I often feel like I am a step away from a UTI, but I don't get pain.  Even when I have a UTI,  I have no pain or burning, so I guess that's a positive benefit of having a neurogenic bladder???  LOL  If you are feeling a burning sensation, you may have a UTI, and react differently than I have.

The problem with retention is you never fully evacuate the bladder on its own - and the feeling of needing to urinate repeatedly is very real because of this rentention.  When the bladder is full, you actually get this sudden urge to go, but when you finally do, the signals that you need to fully empty your bladder are all wonky. You get caught in a vicious cycle with this.    

Have you seen a urologist to discuss this problem and your options?  You may not have to live with this - I have my baldder under control right now, thanks to therapy, drugs and intermittent self-catherization.  This triple play has given me my freedom back.  Yesterday I went over 5 hours without being in the restaroom - and that was with drinking fluids.  

Quix wrote extensively about the physical act of how the bladder works (which is really quite complicated ) and you can find that in our health pages.  

To back up to #2 - we have had that discussion before - if you search this community you should find the swallowing theories and also you might want to consider the MS hug as part of your spasms.

I hope something in here helps.

be well,
Lulu