MS Hug

[Deb61]

Can the MS hug cause death?  When I saw the Oprah show with Montel Williams, Dr. Oz mentioned that the leading causes of death in MS were suicide (which sounds very likely) and the MS hug were the leading causes of death.  Is this true?  If not can you die from MS?  I will certainly pay more attention to those chest pains if this is the case.  Not worried, just would like to know to make sure I get myself the proper care . . .

Don't throw rotten tomatoes if you all have discussed this topic earlier . . . I've looked around on the forum and didn't find anything.

Deb

[Inny2009]

I was wondering about this...Everyone is talking about their ribs being squezzed.

what I felt (if anyone has been pregnant this might be my best analogy). I was working and the bottom of my abdomen started aching and then bamb...it felt like i was having contractions! I was obiviously not pregnant or anywhere near giving birth to a child but thats what mine felt like.

It was my lower abominal area that reached around into my lower back and down my legs. It was very painful..I couldnt catch my breath but i figure it was because it was so painful ..even to breathe perhaps not because i couldnt.

I dont know ..i did let it go...i wonder..how long does an MS hug last?

[Audrey_M]

I'm reviving this old post because it has a lot of information in it that is very descriptive.

Several posts here cite sources that say the MS Hug is caused by lesions in the spinal cord. How many of you who experience the MS Hug have spinal lesions? Do you know where they are?

I'm in Limbo Land and just had a repeat MRI of the C spine; I have the film, but will be picking up the radiologist's report this week. My untrained eye does not see any lesions on the cord, but definitely could see them on the brain. Way too many to miss.

In any event, based on what I've read here and on other sites, the MS Hug can range from being very mild to very severe.

Within the past 2 weeks, I developed a pain in my ribs on my right side, just below the bra band (sorry guys). It started on Thursday and kept coming and going and was still there on Friday morning. It was in one very specific place and the pain would last for up to an hour, subside and then start again. Pain did not increase with deep breaths. I was also light headed. Given that I have a history of DVT, I was concerned about a pulmonary embolism and went to the ER.

Everything checked out fine. No heart attack, no PE and my oxygen saturation level was 100%.

So I guess this is another thing that I will have to report to the neuro during my visit at the end of the month.

Curious to know other people's experiences, including the milder form of the beloved MS hug and whether or not you have lesions on your spinal cord.

Thanks for helping me and others!

[nikisk]

Hi all! I just wanted to say that after a really bad hug to make sure you get checked out! I had a severe one that lasted for about a month and it ended up giving me a hair line fracture on one of  my ribs. I can say that even my doctor was surprised!

[Dawn1214]

High 5 back... I am so happy to hear that others are feeling this too and I am not crazy. Please do let me know if you get any information on this. Tonight the pain is extreme and I went searching for answers.

What is the bulge? where in your cervical spine is it? Is it in the cord or on the outside.

Thanks for posting back to me and I hope we can both get some answers we need..

[DawnYM]

Hi Dawn, my name is Dawn too!!! high 5!!! I was wondering the same thing, I asked on a newer post. So we shall wait and see... I am not dx wit ms so far only bulge in my cervical spine!! Haven't  had t spine MRI and that was why I was wondering.  I will let u know what I hear!

[Dawn1214]

Hello all,

I happened upon this post while researching ms hug. I had a tumor removed from my spinal cord about 9 months ago.

I get these exact symptoms and someone on the spinal cord tumor site suggested that this is what I am feeling. He was right... this pretty much sums it up.

Is it possible to have this without having MS. Would removal of a tumor in the thoracic spine cause the same thing? Can you all please tell me what you do or take to help with this. I have it all the time and some days are so bad that I can't function. I also have been to er and heart test done thinking it is a heart attack

Thanks so much for you time... Dawn