Infection

[crwriter]

I had a very serious infection which provoked, what I felt was, an equally serious MS flair.  My legs would crumble beneath me, and my son had to pick me up off the floor more than once.  There were times I even lost the ability to sit up.  I would flop backwards on the bed and wait until I could sit up again.  One day it took me at least a half hour to crawl to my computers in here.  I wasn't even able to crawl that well either.  I started calling these episodes, "spending quality face-time with the floor."

Does anyone know any details as to how infection impacts MS?  I have secondary progressive.

In any case, call a doctor when you get sick.  I will from now on.

[crwriter]

I had an e-coli infection.  They put me on Cipro.  The infection was not a result of my MS, although it was a UTI.  I understand that can be an offshoot of MS.  

I am pigheaded though.  I was sick for about two months and figured it was age-related.  My mind got real cloudy.  I had to drop out of school for this semester.  But the fogginess started beginning of August.

My neuro did attribute my flair to the infection.  But I did not know infection could cause this.

I am on Copaxone, and it seems to be controlling my lesion in my cervical spinal cord.  It was hell getting the MRI to confirm this though.  I have a very small artifact in my thoracic spinal cord. They did not do another brain MRI, which was okay by me.  

[SarahL2491]

what did your doctor say?  did your neuro attribute the infection to your problem.  You didn't say much about what transpired.  So sorry you have
SPMS.  May I ask what drug you are on?

[crwriter]

I forgot to mention I spent about 2/3s of Oct in the hospital.