... A couple of months ago I began noticing a tiny numbness in my thumb and forefinger of my left hand. ... (2 replies)
... My name is Lisa and I am 48 yrs old. I was just dx'd with ms yesterday. I woke up on April 11 and couldn't see out of my right eye. After a emergency trip to the opthamologist and referrel to a neuro and a mri. it is ms. I am terrified. My husband and I have so many things we want to do and I want to do them all. ... (6 replies)
... Hi yall, so this is my first time ever posting on a forum so bare with me. Im 22 and was just recently diagnosed with MS on April 14th, 2013. I went to the emergency room because for about a week i was having eye pain in my right eye, then i realized my vision started going. ... (6 replies)
... I had one bad exp with to much alcohol in 94. After a night out with lots of drinking I awoke the next morning with VERY blurred vision in my right eye that proccede to get worse over the next 24 hours. Went to the opthamologist and dx with optic neuritis and 80% vision loss in the eye. Neuro ordered steroids but it was very frightening and also lost use of my right... (8 replies)
... however your symptoms may very wel be related to an attack which you had recently and these are the symptoms. MS can cause nerves to jump, as you described the bee sting type pain.....and Optical Neuritis can present as you describe with the brief pain behind the eye. ... (3 replies)
... She recommended I see an opthamologist and ms specialist next. ... (3 replies)
... Can anyone help me, I am so confused and I am not getting a straight answer from the dr. ... (3 replies)
... both laughed at me and told me that this was done with very few patients and is in no way accurate. ... (4 replies)
... would it mattter if you werent seen by a MS specialist urgently? ... (9 replies)
... Hi there and welcome to health boards! ... (15 replies)
... Thanks so much for the info on copaxone and weight gain. Maybe I'll try to lose ten pounds before I start taking it, so when I add 10 pounds it won't matter. ... (6 replies)
... Make sure you tell your doctor your mri was denied, sometime just changing the diagnose code will work. (20 replies)
... the numbness because at the same time I had the face numbness I also had arm numbness so asked the Neuro for theses tests. Thats when I found out I had Neck,Back and wrist radiculopathies. ... (20 replies)
... years now. I was actually diagnosed with Addison's disease at one point. It was later ruled out by a different doctor. I have been diagnosed with adrenal fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. My symptoms almost completely left for a period of months. ... (4 replies)
... I recently had to go to the hospital to see an opthamologist regarding an eye condition that my skin specialist thought I might have relating to my acne rosacea. ... (1 replies)
... it came back with potentially Multiple Sclerosis. I went to a neurologist, not much help except being told it is not MS because they know what it looks like and that's not it. Well over the years things have gotten worse. ... (4 replies)
... thus causing you to have sensitivity to touch. Its not unusual for this to be a MS symtom. The eye thing, could be the beginning of an attack or Optical Neuritis, also caused by inflammation of the optic nerve. ... (1 replies)
... It does sound like the doctor was referring to Optic Neuritis but, I'm not positive. Was it possibly an Opthamologist and not an Optometrist. An Opthamologist is a MD, an Optometrist is not. ... (8 replies)
... you for all of your responses. I am just sooo frustrated and I love that I can vent here without judgement. ... (5 replies)
... I'm 21 years old and for the past two months I have had slight tingling in both feet and both hands. My hands stopped tingling but my feet still tingle. Its more annoying than anything else. ... (6 replies)
