sweating

[SarahL2491]

Am I the only one who sweats profusely on the head and face ONLY?  My husband thinks I am like weird.
Or is an MS thingy?

[candy158]

http://msfocus.org/article-details.aspx?articleid=443  Heh, here is the addy of that article, by an MS nurse...... I typed most of it... LOL

Cheers,
Candy

[candy158]

Hi, Sarah, hope you are feeling better today.  I'm gonna ask DH for the address of this article....

[SarahL2491]

Thanks guys.  I probably overdid it today, got lots of errands done and the new pneumonia shot was free, so I opted for it and 3 hrs later,
barely made it out of the grocery, called home, and drove like heck.
made it into the garage and straight to the bathroom….barf…….

hope it was the shot……..wierd………feel okay now……..took 2 dissolvable zofran, lost the first one to the barf……2nd one worked.

Interesting Candy, can you tell us where you found this wonderful information.

[candy158]

Paroxysmal symptoms ........ Paroxysmal symptoms is not a familiar term.  The symptoms are characterized by the sudden onset, brief duration, and rapid disappearance, with patients exhibiting these events, brain wave studies do not identify them as seizures.  These paroxysms may appear as brief twitching or spasms coming on sudenty and disappearing fully within seconds.  They may or may not lead to an MS diagnosis, They are not MS seizures.

; sudden temperature shifts, also known as "hot flashes"
; a tic in the eyelid or lip
;difficulty swallowing
;problems finding the right word in the midst of a conversation or prepared speech
;sudden emotional shifts that may be inappropriate in the moment but normalize rapidly
; facial or tooth pain after eating or drinking something very hot or cold
; shooting pains in an arm or leg, hand or foot, that do not linger but may be severe enough to almost take your breath away ..;
; fatigue
; sudden change in position
sudden temperature changes
' sensory stimulus such as touch
; an emotional or physical stimulus.

In people with MS, paroxysmal symptoms may signal the onset of a relapse if they appear without warning and last for several days.  This is especially true if accompanied by other continuous symptoms such as fatigue, vision changes, bowel or bladder changes, or any of the symptoms that usually indicate a relapse for the individual. \\

Treatment  is possible ....... effective medications for paroxysmal symptoms come form the anti-seizure drug group or the tricyclic anti-depressant drugs like Neurontin, Keppra, Tegretol, Elavil, or Deseryl.  Many of these effective  treatments can be used in far lower doese that the terapeutic dose for the condition for which they were initially used.

This is the most important part of this article, I took it to my GP last week, and he was impressed that my hubby found it.  He was going to be doing a phone chat with my Neuro.

So, I hope this isn't to long, and that it may bring some sanity back to an otherwise insane time for most of us.

Hope this helps,
Candy

[candy158]

YES Sarah ....... I will send you the article that I have, and maybe I should post it here, it is so informative, and it talks about that very thing.  I will try and post it here. ok ???

((HUGS)) to you,
Candy

[Corriel]

Hi Sarah, my head and face sweat sporadically and only ever at night and after I shower and wash my hair.

I have had this for years before my dx and it is still unlcear when my MS started so I am not sure if it is related or not.

Corrie

[essdipity]

Hey there, Sarah. I don't sweat only on head and face, I have to say. But I sweat normally on the rest of me, depending on heat and humidity, etc., and on my head and face it's often profusely. Yuck! For me this is def. an MS thing. I should own stock in one of the shampoo companies.

Autonomic dysfunction is not one of the more common MS symptoms but it does happen. My neuro confirms this. I have other autonomic issues as well. For well over a year now I have had extreme dryness in eyes, nose and mouth. It was thought I had Sjogrens, but after exhaustive testing at both NIH and Hopkins it was decided it's all due to MS. One of the chief Sjogrens docs at Hopkins, who is both a rheumy and a neuro, told me he sees this from time to time with MS. I use Restasis 4 times a day now, and take Cevimiline 3 times a day, to combat the dryness They help somewhat.

It's always something, isn't it?


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