Neuropathy, Low Pulse Ox, Headache, Tachycardia, etc.

[mactastic]

My GP is trying to diagnose, but I could use some advice. 23 year old female, no history of medical problems.

This all started last year with a little tingling in my face and neck, not really bothersome. In February of this year, my left hand got hot, my heart started to race and my left side went numb.

After that came the headache on the right side, always in the same place, above my brow. It feels like someone is blowing a balloon up in my head. It gets worse in the afternoon and evening. I've also had a lot more tingling in my face, hands, arms, and feel. I have muscle twitches in my legs and face, sensations of something crawling on my skin, and instances of a warm feeling in legs and abdomen.

On three other occasions I've gone numb on one side, my heart doesn't always race, and it's not always on the same side. The numbness lasts for several hours, and I usually have to sleep it off.

I've had five or six episodes where my heart has races. Usually last only 10-15 seconds, one time it went for a few minutes. 1 EKG, showed no problems. In the minuted prior to the last instance, I noticed that the top of my nose itched like crazy. I was scratching it for probably 5 minutes.

I've had fatigue and cognitive difficulties, especially in the afternoon, to boot.

A nurse, who is a friend of mine thought to check my pulse ox, this past weekend, it was 88. I'm not anemic, or hypoglycemic, and I have no B12 deficiency.

I had an MRI on Wednesday and I'm waiting for the results, but any guidance would be really helpful. I was told that MS was a possibility, but I want to know if MS could cause a low pulse ox.

Any insight would be really helpful.

[aynadee]

I am no doctor, but I was just diagnosed with MS in February. Im 21 years old and I believe that I have had this disease for at least 2 years. Thats when I can remember first having symptoms of this disease. I have low blood pressure which I believe is caused by the disease. Ive been healthy (or so I thought) my whole life til I woke up one day and couldn't tell what was up or down. I have tingling in different places of my body. muscle spasms in my arms and legs. a tremor in my right hand which is starting in the left now as well. also twitching sometimes in my left or right eye never at the same time for both. i also have twitching going on in several different locations in my face. i have awful headaches everyday. The fatigue is a big symptom of MS and the cognitive difficulties as well. you definitely have my symptoms. how's your coordination doing? do you choke on your drink often?