QUESTIONS

[kitten o]

HELLO ALL,
CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HYPERREFLEXES MEAN PLEASE?
AND WHAT  DOES FLAIR-UPS MEAN?
THANKS. HOPE U ALL ARE DOING WELL
KITT

[kitten o]

MY MRI IS POSTED,
AND MY SCOOTER IS COMING TOMORROW.
I HAVE HYPERREFLEXES AND I WAS NOT SURE
WHAT IT MEANT. AS WHAT A FLAIR MEANT.
NOT ONE OF MY NEURO'S EXPLANED EITHER ONE TO ME.
I THINK I AM IN DENIAL ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS MRI DX AND NOW I HOPE IT SINKS IN.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN READ IT.  
THANKS ALL KITT

[Momzilla]

WHY DO YOU ASK, KITT?

WHAT'S GOING ON?  HAVE YOU SEEN THE DOCTOR AGAIN?  HOW DID YOUR MRI GO?  I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING THE SCOOTER -- IS IT TODAY OR TOMORROW?  HOW EXCITING!!!

LET US KNOW HOW IT GOES!

ZILLA*

[pennst8r]

Hyper reflexes refer to when the doc tests your reflexes in an exam, you know the knee jerk w/ the hammer, for example. I don't think putting yout hand on your leg would apply

Penn

[BondyinOz]

SO IF I WERE TO PUT MY HAND ON MY LEG AND IT JUMPS A BIT - LIKE FROM THE KNEE, IS THAT HYPER REFLEXIVE? I'VE HAD THEM CHECKED OUT A LITTLE AND THEY SAID THEY WERE OK BUT SOMETIMES I JUST NEED TO ADD A LITTLE PRESSURE NEAR A NERVE EITHER NEAR AN ARM OR LEG JOINT AND IT REALLY REACTS.

MEL

[kitten o]

THANKS PEN,
THAT HELPS.

[pennst8r]

HYPER REFLEXES ARE SIMPLY STRONGER/ MORE PRONOUNCED THAN A "NORMAL REFLEX" -- EXAGGERATED MAY BE A BETTER WORD. I BELIEVE QUIX HAS SAID THIS IS TYPICAL IN EARLY STAGES OF MS. MINE WERE DESCRIBED AS "BRISK", WHICH IS MORE THAN NORMAL, BUT NOT QUITE HYPER. (HYPO WOULD BE WEAKER REFLEXES)

A FLARE UP, I BELIEVE IS ANOTHER WORD FOR AN EXACERBATION - A RELAPSE, SO TO SPEAK. QUIX WILL  CORRECT ME IF I'M OFF BASE.

PENN