Dear Paul:
Please see the answer to this same posting on someone else's posting.
CCF Neuro MD
For the last 6 months I have been having some tingling in my feet. Not pins & needles, but more of a buzzing and twinging on the bottom sides. I have also noticed this feeling intermittently in the fleshy part on my hands (between the wrist & finger). I can usually make the feeling go away just by moving them. The feeling is not pins & needles. There is no numbess and no noticble muscle weakness.
Over the last 3 weeks (tis the season) I have noticed that when I drink alcohol my hands & feet turn beat red and begin to throb. They feel very hot and the throbbing is incredible. The next day the tingling feels worse. I have an allergy to yeast (degree 3) which has never before bothered me. I am wondering if the two could be related.
Before I noticed that alcohol had been affecting me-my GP referred me to a neurologist whom I am due to vist in 3 weeks. He was concerned that this might be MS. The feeling in both feet is identical and the throbbing is in all 4 of my limbs uniformly. Any ideas? Could there be a connection? Would MS affect this uniformly?
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Dear Paddy:
Without knowing your symptoms, I would be hard pressed to tell you why tegratol was prescribed. I would ask your physician why he prescribed tegratol, he/she knows your symptoms and problems.
Sincerely,
CCF Neuro MD
i have ms, my doctor has presribed tegretol for me, can somebody tell me why.
thank you
paddy
Dear Greg:
Thanks for the comments. Jill is experiences things that might be a cervical lesion but there are symptoms that should be brain stem, such as pain in the ear. A spondylosis can give a patient lower leg weakness. One lesion on MRI is not the diagnostic criteria for MS, as you know. A single lesion might be due to various other entities such as a post-viral lesion. Let us hope this is the last lesion seen.
Sincerely,
CCF Neuro MD
My mother-in-law is experiencing very similar symptoms to yours, Carol. She had a fall, and then developed occipital neuralgia (extreme pain around the left ear and left side of the head). She also is experiencing numbness and tingling in the left arm and legs (first left, then both). Head MRIs came up clean; spinal taps clean; blood clean (no lupus); spinal MRI shows a legion at C1/C2.
We're afraid this might be MS (a current guess), but perhaps it is fall trauma, as well.
Is wierd itchy skin a symptom of MS?
Dear Jill:
Sorry to hear about your symptoms. It is difficult to tell you what you have over the internet. The MRI being normal is a good indication. One should see MS lesions even without contrast. Especially since your symptoms have gone on for such a long time. I think the best thing to do is revisit the neurologist. She has seen you before and sort-of knows your baseline. Bring the list of your symptoms and see what she says after a good neurological exam. Tell her of your concern about the possibility of MS.
Sincerely,
CCF Neuro MD