Hand paralysis in sleep, no tingling

[zaratustra]

Hello to all. I am 25yo female and for more than a year i experience muscle twitching everywhere in my body every day. I also have ulnar nerve syndrome on my hands so when i sleep my hand occasionally gets numb with a tingling sensation, but i shake it and comes back quickly. One time though i was sleeping and woke up frightened, seeing my right hand paralysed. I couldn't move it at all from elbow to fingers for about 15sec and it just came back without the normal tingling sensation. I did a brain MRI wich showed nothing pathological. But still this paralysed hand from elbow to fingers got me really scared. It only happened once but i would like to ask if it could be MS..?

[zaratustra]

I have migraines for 8 years but they occur very rarely. My mom has them too. Thank you so much for your help and answers on the subject. I will go to a neuro to show my MRI results next month. But as i keep searching the internet i can't find anything benign associated to brain lesions except ms.. Be well and thank you a lot again!

[supermum_ms]

If you have a medical history of migraines or hypertension headaches, it's possible for non-specific lesions to be related to either condition but I wouldn't think general or stress headaches for a few days leading up to having an MRI would cause micro vascular lesions.

Keeping in mind that the issues you described originally, to me seem more consistent with circulation issues from sleep positioning, which usually cause seconds of uncomfortable sensation which resolves upon movement, so from my perspective it's just as possible that you've been overly worrying about your health and what was seen on your MRI was completely normal...

Hope that helps......JJ

[zaratustra]

Hello again and thank you for your answer. It really helped me. I remember having bad headaches days before the MRI and during the MRI. Could lesion happen because of that?
I hope all the best for you!

[supermum_ms]

Hi again,

I have to assume what your talking about....spots on your MRI are technically lesions, although typically most micro or tiny ones 1-3mm in size are non specific ischemic micro vascular lesions and are silent, as in not pathological.

The frontal lobe is a common lesions location and can be associated with things like migraines, hypertension, thyroid conditions, head bumps or trauma, some psychiatric disorders eg major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder etc but keep in mind that having some tiny lesions is not necessarily something that's abnormal or to do with diseases, so whilst it may seem significant or possibly a bad thing, it's usually not.....

Hope that helps......JJ  
  

[supermum_ms]

Hi and welcome,

There is no reason for you to be concerned about a neurological condition like MS, MS doesn't cause all over body twitching, or tingling in peripheral limbs that you can shake out. If you experienced paralysis in your arm that lasted only a few seconds after waking, it's unlikely to be anything more than numbness causes by the positioning of the limb during sleep.

Hope that helps.....JJ

[zaratustra]

Thank you for your answer. I must say though that in the brain MRI something like "lesions" were shown on my frontal lobe, but not pathological, even after the intravenous fluid they gave me.  I cannot find the term in english since i am greek. I find "Spotted outbreakes" on Google translate. Are these lesions too? And can lesions be benign?