MS???

[irisherin]

Hi Everyone,
    I started having symptoms in August of memory loss, numbness in arms, a wild tingling feeling going up my spine, difficulty swallowing,( in which my PCP ordered a swallow eval which came back with a DX of esophageal dysmotility)that no one can explain. My PCP ordered an MRI which came back with a area of hyperintensity in the right frontal lobe.  I was then sent to a neurologist you looked at me and said I was to old. I'm 34 and had similiar symptoms happen to me 7 yrs ago which the MRI was normal and I just keep on going. Now this unusual fatigue is taking over. I'm starting to think that I'm crazy. The neurologist did order an LP which I have next wk. I was just wondering if someone could tell me what hyperintensity on a MRI means and do I have a valid concern???/
Thanks
Irisherin

[Quixotic1]

Gottit in one try this time.  The elvated RBC mean that he struck a tiny blood vessel.  Called a mildly traumatic tap.  You don't wan't to do it, but those tiny buggers are likely to be anywhere, so it's not like you can always avoid them.  A traumatic tap will falsely elevate the protein somewhat, because the blood carries in serum.  192 is not a big deal.  Just pray he requested the right stuff.  He IS a DIM-WIT, tho.  I said so early

Q

[Siddy1]

I just thought you were on "pause" and you were waiting for someone to press  "play".  Marcie

[Siddy1]

Erin I thought that was what they were looking for in the CSF - oligoclonal bands and an elevated IgG index.  Although you don't HAVE to see  the oligoclonal bands in  your CSF, it does help in the dx, along with the MRI of the brain. I'm a bit puzzled now.

My RBC in the CSF  was flagged out of range at 53, the reference range being 0-25/MM3.   My CSF protein was also out of range at 57 (ref. range 15-45 MG/DL).  However I had 2 oligoclonal bands.

Marcie

[floridamom2]

Thanks for the laugh!!  I saw the 47 posts amd thought Wow - something big must be going on!!  That darn enter key!!  

Erin - I am glad your spinal tap was not too uncomfortable or eventful!!  I hope as Quix says that the tests are just not entered yet!

Have a nice night!
Kristin

[Quixotic1]

That is called Cyber-stuttering...  I have no clue why it did that.  I couldn't have been me, Idon't look disabled...

All may not be lost with your LP.  Sometimes, the preliminary results show only the tests that have been run or in process.  It is probably too early for the "set-up" for the IgG Index or the oligoclonal bands.  See what the results look like early next week, they may show the IMPORTANT stuff to be pending.

The last time I tried to warn someone away from their neuro (Sherry was it you?) the guy did the tap and MADE HER WALK HER OWN SPINAL FLUID DOWN TO THE LAB!!!  If he didn't send the blood for the MS markers then he deserves a complaint to the Board of Medical Examiners, because he wasted the whole endeavor.  We'll just hope they haven't logged in the Index and Banding tests yet, okay?

Okay...I hear snickering in the back.  Yes, this is the biggest ENTER key screw-up so far on the forum.  Wannamakesumthingofit???

Quixilla

[Quixotic1]

Erin