wow so many of us

have had buring, itching, red hot needle pain  wake up from sleep screaming in upper right thigh for ten years sometimes not bad then flare. now its all the time never goes away. went to dr. pain meds dont help flexorol only makes me sleep through pain . with so many people with same symptons gotta be answer to this... i feel better when i keep moving. mostly at night the pain comes so i bought better bed sleeping with pillow under right hip feels good but itching and numbness  and burning is with me all the time constant companions in my life .i want to know what this is,two drs. didnt take me serious third dr. tried to do pap my thighs cramped so bad i was screaming now they wanna do tests lets see what happens not much faith in drs. need more common sense thanks for letting me talk                  
kym

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. You could be suffering from degenerative disc disease and lumbar intervertebral disc prolapse would cause these symptoms.  Certain conditions like vitamin B 12 deficiency, hypothyroidism and autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica etc. these need to be assessed in detail by a neurologist, including blood tests like thyroid profile, autoimmune screen, B12 levels, etc. imaging studies of spine, MRI spine would show any disc lesions and degenerations. A strong degree of suspicion needs to be kept for multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating neurological disorder where the disease phase is characterized by active phase and remissions. It has multiple symptoms and signs and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. You have many of these symptoms. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI and a spinal tap. Take care.