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Q: MS ? Visual exam required separate from MRI ?
asked by: DoctorQuestion on July 18th, 2007
i didnt want to know anything from the doctor until everything was done although he did tell me he suspected ms.. now i want to know what all these results mean so far and i hoped you could help me with them. thankyou


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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on August 1st, 2007
Multiple Sclerosis Answer A3143
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"Current medical status: no feeling in top left leg and up to my waist,blurred vision in left eye,no feeling in right cheek/face, severe cramp in legs ,severe itching,painful spasms in legs and i cant walk for about an hour afterwards. had mri scan done shows a few tiny areas of high signal periventricular white matter, more than would be expected for patients age. mri spine.. very mid degenerative disease of some of the cervical discs but no significant protrusion within the cervical thoracic or lumbar spine.. lumbar puncture csf glucose 3.1 and csf protein 0.29 other csf results still pending. going for a visual evoked response test in 2 weeks. i do get other symptoms that come and go but the ones listed are the main ones"








Usually a doctor can not tell you what incomplete diagnostic results could mean. Multiple sclerosis can manifest with various neurological symptoms but vision difficulty is one of the most common ones. Disturbed vision is due to inflammation of the optic nerve. Disturbed motility and sensibility are also often present. Diagnosis of MS is confirmed with a CT-scan or MRI of the brain and lumbar puncture...and visually evoked tests are used to confirm affection of the optic nerve.










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Dr. Nikola Gjuzelov , MD
replied on August 8th, 2007
Multiple Sclerosis Answer A3143
You wrote:

"Current medical status: no feeling in top left leg and up to my waist,blurred vision in left eye,no feeling in right cheek/face, severe cramp in legs ,severe itching,painful spasms in legs and i cant walk for about an hour afterwards. had mri scan done shows a few tiny areas of high signal periventricular white matter, more than would be expected for patients age. mri spine.. very mid degenerative disease of some of the cervical discs but no significant protrusion within the cervical thoracic or lumbar spine.. lumbar puncture csf glucose 3.1 and csf protein 0.29 other csf results still pending. going for a visual evoked response test in 2 weeks. i do get other symptoms that come and go but the ones listed are the main ones"


A doctor can not tell you what incomplete diagnostic results could mean. Multiple sclerosis can manifest with various neurological symptoms but vision difficulty is one of the most common ones. Disturbed vision is due to inflammation of the optic nerve. Disturbed motility and sensibility are also often present. Diagnosis of MS is confirmed with a CT-scan or MRI of the brain and lumbar puncture...and visually evoked tests are used to confirm affection of the optic nerve.




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