I was in a car accident about a year and a
half ago. I had an MRI and EEG for
seizures.
The neurologist, who was very bad, said
there was a (insert word here I cannot
recall...) and it usually didn't appear
until people were having Alzheimers. It
was something like a plaque and it had to
do with Myelin.
Since I was only a little over 18 then, MS
was not a question...
I was looking online after I saw an uncle
who is a chronic narcoleptic sufferer
pertaining to his disease. I found MS
having similar sleep issues. Ones which I
share. I further looked and saw that I
also have night blindness, color issues,
weird pain and tingling, seizures with
unfounded cause, bad recall in STM and
LTM, disorientation, complete inability to
understand things for about a year now,
and depression.
I have random other symptoms as well and
looking over this, I am really concerned.
Should I go request an MRI from my dr? I
don't have medical insurance and don't
want to be seen as a hypochrondiac, but
everything I have looked at MATCHES what I
have...
Multiple sclerosis can be confirmed or
excluded with an MRI (or CT-scan) and
cerebral-spinal liquor analyses. On the
MRI-image there must be cicatrix plagues
present in the white substance of the
brain in order to confirm MS.
Additionally, anti-myelin antibodies have
to be detected in the liquid analyses. You
can visit a neurologist for an expert
opinion and medical care.
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