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Q: Could It Be Ms? (i'm Worried Sick)

asked by: Lucid on February 4th, 2005

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7 months ago I had my sight go (quite quickly – over a few hours) in my right eye & i’ve been back and forth to the hospital - it was concluded that it was optic neuritis. Finally got to see my consultant recently who suddenly mentioned ms and has referred me to a neurologist. I’ve been experiencing several symptoms, which I thought could be diabetes (as we have a family history), and am now experiencing numbness (almost like the feeling you get just before pins’n’needles starts). My feet and legs were numb for about 3 weeks and now it is affecting my torso, hands and wrists. The diabetes check came back negative, but the thought of ms hadn’t even crossed my mind, so I am naturally very anxious about it all.

Does ms normally present itself in this way?

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Ste

replied on February 6th, 2005

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Don't Panic.

Hi

i can understand why you are worried but there is a myriad of things that could be causing this. That said it does sound possible that it could be ms so see a neurologist and get an mri scan done asap.

Bear in mind that if it is ms then it is far from the end of the world, inconvienient yes, but most definately not a death sentance!!

When I received my diagnosis (last week!) it was more of a relief than anything else as at last I knew what was going on! The worse thing about all this is the waiting, try to relax and be positive, after all at this stage all you can think about is the worse.

Hang in there mate, it'll be cool whatever ;-)

ste

oopoopoop

replied on February 21st, 2005

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Optic neuritis is one of the most common initial symptoms of ms, and the numbness and tingling are also consistent.

I was diagnosed with optic neuritis just over a year ago, and I have a family history of ms. However, touch wood, I have not had any other symptoms so far, and my eyesight is now back to normal.

I'm starting to think that ms may be a lot more common than it generally believed, but that a lot of people only get one or two symptoms, and maybe improve.

For the past year, I have boosted my intake of key nutritional supplements. The most important of these is vitamin d -- there is a very high correlation between vitamin d deficiency and the incidence of ms. I also take lecithin, as well as multivitamins, fish oils, and linseed oil.

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