... First of all, whoever you told that you have white dots on your MRI should be fired and you should run far and fast away from this person. ... (6 replies)
... immune disease. She goes to a specialist on the East coast of Florida. She doesn't have many problems. She just listens to her body and slows down when necessary. I will get the name of her disease and the name of her specialist and get back to you. ... (13 replies)
... those scars show up as little white dots on the MRI. BUT, keep in mind that not all scars or lesions as they are called, are MS. ... (25 replies)
... A couple months ago, I started to connect the dots and see that my symptoms do sound a lot like MS. ... (11 replies)
... Lesions do go away and are seen as areas of scars or black holes where the body has absorbed the damage. The MRI with contrast allows active lesions to "light up". If they could see my lesions in 1982 with the "Caveman 1. ... (9 replies)
... Kim--yes, ANA is negative at 1:20 dilution.
Are you having tremors?
Ocular symptoms of MS:
Optic neuritis (pain w/eye movement, visual clouding, decrease in visual field
Nystagmus (70% of patients)
Diplopia
Marcus-Gunn phenomenon (dilation of affected pupil when light is shone into eye)
"Swinging flashlight sign dilation of affected pupil when light is moved... (37 replies)