Spinal cord lesions

Posted By Marilyn on July 18, 1997 at 11:03:22:









I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia.  During the process of finding
out what was causing my problems--tingling, numbness, muscle tightness
and pain--I had MRI's of my brain, thoracic spine and cervical spine.
I also had a spinal tap, evoked potentials, and blood tests.  The only
abnormalities found in these tests were 2 spinal cord lesions.  One was
on the thoracic spine and one was on the cervical spine.  I can understand
that my fibromyalgia can be attributed to the symptoms that I have but
I can't help but wonder why I have the spinal cord lesions.  Is it possible
that people who are healthy and have no symptoms could also have some
demylination on the spinal cord?