pins and needles and heat?

[uk2]

Hi All

My gp is moving away from MS and sending me to a neuromuscular consultant he deals in MG channelpathies and most autoimmune muscle disorders.

Recently i had a numb patch on my left buttock/hip which is still there now going on 3 mths and spreading slowly.

This morning i wake up with a numb right hand which is usual but it goes within a few mins of waking but today it has stayed i also have pins and needles on that side and up the arm and also in the other hand, it is for the uk a mini heat wave and its in its 90'f so i guess this could be why i am getting them i got them last year too.

Why does heat cause this? i have been dx with rhaynards symdrome for 5 years now but only suffer with that in the cold weather.

It cant be MS as i have had clear MRI so is it the heat?

sam

[uk2]

Thank you for your reply, wow that sounds some odd tests but what a great way to understand how heat effects the fatiuge and mental function.

Keeping cool today and pins and needles better had a nice cold bath.I love the sun though shame.

[AmishErin]

Last year I got the opportunity to participate in an MS Fatigue study at the University of Utah.  It was 2 days, one day they had me wear a big rubber suit thing but kept my body temprature the same.  They had me do hand strength tests, some weird device that sent an electric pulse into my head while they had me push on this piece of wood with my thumb and they asked me questions every 10 minutes to gauge mental function.

The following day the did the exact same tests but while they ran warm water through tubes over my entire body raising my core temperature 100ths of a degree at a time.  When it was all said and done they only ended up raising my core temperature by one degree.  One degree was enough for me to see that I wasn't preforming ANY test like I had the day before.  I live in Utah, it gets hot, I had noticed a difference when it was 100 degrees but didn't appreciate that I was feeling the heat before that.  

When the test was done they sent colder water into the suit and advised me that even a cold wash cloth on the back of my neck could help on hot days...

Heat is way hard on MS

[uk2]

Thanks scaredguy

I have been back and forth with ths since i got ill in 2007 and conviencing a gp that i could still have ms over here in the uk with out any lession is impossible plus i never had contrast and it was a 1.5 t and no ms work up but i have had a lp back in 2007, so confused i believe what they say then i get another sx or old sx back and  think it must be me who is crazy but i know i'm not. i guess i'll see what the neuromuscular consultant says in august.

sam

[scaredguy309]

Sorry to say sam, clear mri doesn't mean no ms. MRI's don't always spot lesions. Some people take time before lesions show up so don't rule out ms just yet.