Could It Be Ms? (i'm Worried Sick) Posted: 02-04-05 08:47am
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
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Don't Panic. Posted: 02-06-05 18:00pm
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
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Posted: 02-21-05 11:08am
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.
