Understanding what I'm looking at??

[Pman318]

Ok guys this is my second post first off thanks to everyone who responded to me and was honest to me so I thought I might try to give a little bit more information to help u and I understand what this is. So this is my MRI report... There are two small linear foci of single abnormality in the posterior left frontal lobe periventricular white matter perpendicularly oriented to left lateral ventricle adjacent to the corpus callosum.. Multiple sclerosis lesions can have this appearance, these are non specified in appearance an etiology is uncertain... As of now I have no real symptoms other than the fact that two weeks ago I passed out from dehydration and I have had constant headaches since which have gotten better and or starting to go away. I also dealt with some slight fatigue and dizziness which has also gone away I have not experienced and numbness or tinkling but have a slight pain from time to time in my right arm and right leg.. My question is does this seem pretty constient with MS and what they call the first onset of symptoms  

[supermum_ms]

Hi there,

From what you've mentioned, I'm not sure how MS even got onto a doctors radar to be honest.....did you have the brain MRI because of passing out from dehydration but 'you' googed your results and from your own researching, you are now afraid you have MS?  

I think your anxiety is still 'potentially' what's leading you to jump to wild conclusions and assume way more than what is actually evident. Regardless of how the MRI came about, you seem to already be convinced its MS from your online reading and terrified it's specifically PPMS because of being male.

"I have not been officially told I have MS I have been doing a lot of reading to understand what is MS and what I can except as I journey down this road to see what is really going on with me. I have read that a lot of times where your first lesions appear have a lot to do with what u can except the rest of your disease to do.  I'm pretty terrified that I might have PPMS because I am a 27year old male."  

Your acknowledging being a little bit obsessed and trying to relax, so i would highly recommend you refrain from doing any more anxiety feeding behaviours, and focus your attention on distracting your anxious thoughts.

Seriously think about getting off the net for awhile......if what you are choosing to read is enhancing your fears, then it's definitely not helping you relax and shut down your MS obsession, not engaging in your anxiety feeding behaviours should really help you 'start' to get your anxiety back under control.

Take a huge step back for the moment............you'll have a better idea of if these MRI findings mean anything or not, after you've seen your doctor and until then do not let your anxiety take control and lead you astray!!

Cheers.........JJ  

[kwarendorf]

Hi PM-

I understand that the possibility of having MS can be unsettling. Diagnosing yourself with PPMS based on a non conclusive MRI is not helpful.

"these are non specified in appearance an etiology is uncertain... "

This line, taken from the radiology report, indicates that the neurologist cannot tell what might be the cause of the lesions. If they thought the lesions were caused by demyelination they would have said so. They didn't. The said the lesions were of uncertain etiology.

As to location, MS lesions can be found anywhere in the central nervous system. Because yours are periventricular doesn't make them any more or less likely to be MS lesions.

"slight fatigue and dizziness which has also gone away I have not experienced and numbness or tinkling but have a slight pain from time to time in my right arm and right leg"

There is nothing slight about symptoms caused  by MS. Our fatigue is profound. Neuropathic pain caused by MS tends to be debilitating.

As Alex mentioned, MS flares have to have occurred in at least 2 occurrences, 30 days apart. The symptoms have to be present for a minimum of 24 hours for them to sound as an occurrence. It doesn't sound like you meet that criteria.

In your situation I would absolutely pursue the cause of your symptoms. I would stay away from symptom searching on Google. Because MS attacks the central nervous system it will appear in the search results for any symptom that is even remotely neurological. It is more often than not not he cause. MS is a relatively rare disease. It effects 0.12% of the US population.

Take a deep breath, follow up with your doctors and let us know how it goes.

Kyle  

[Pman318]

Thank you for a little clarity I'm still new to this and really trying to wrap my head around all of this I do suffer from amenity and depression and these last few days of just waiting has been really hard even though reading everything that people post on here has really helped me mentally get back out and start doing things and understanding life is what u make it. I guess I'm just kind of worked up because I know periventricular lesions or normally the key place were MS lesions are found.

[HVAC]

To be diagnosed with MS you have to have two attacks spread out by time in two different parts of your body. This is mapped out in the MCDonald Criteria for diagnosing MS. The fainting due to dehydration would not be MS. MS not always but usually starts with optic neuritis which attacks one eye at a time. It hurts to move the eye side to side and it may come with loss of color saturation or loss of vision. Loss of color saturation is where you see pink instead of read. Once you have had optic neuritis it can be seen by an eye specialist or MRI. MS pain lasts at least weeks or months. It does not come and go.

Alex