Hi there wondering if anyone can help,for
the last few years I have been sufering
from a variety of distressing symptoms
which sometimes can wax and wane.I had tia
attack 4 years ago in brainstem region and
eventually they diagnosed hole in heart
which they said was probable cause.However
I have had numerous strange symptoms since
then including dizziness,sometimes ver
brief acute vertigo,inbalance,pins and
needles in upper limbs which can be there
for few months then vanish,headaches
,visual disturbances which only last for
about a second,stiffish neck which feels
burning sometimes,muscle and joint pain an
fatigue to name a few as well as a few
mysterious attacks of angioedema.I have
had numerous tests done which include 3
mri scans(1 was an mri/mra and another was
done with contrast dye)1 ct scan and I ct
angiography done to look at blood vessels
in brain,3 lumbar punctures and numerous
blood tests performed.All the scans were
completely normal except for 1tiny high
signal region in the left centrum semi
ovale which was present in all scans and
unchanged on them all.All blood work
normal including ana,compilment
andantibodies to extractible nuclear
antigensnegative,liver and kidney function
normal,hiv negative.The only abnormal test
is my lumbar puncture which has shown a
mild but very slightly increasing
pleocytosis(6wbc,17wbc,26wbc over 3 years
but csf protein is normal as well as all
other csf indicators)can anyone
help,thanks paolo.
