Is it MS

[G72]

Hi I am 39year old female with a lot of things not going so well right now.
i have a 1cm T1 hyper intense lesion on the right @ L1 vertebral.
few punctate foci of high t-2 signal predominantly in the sub cortical white matter
optic neuritis
RLS
Parenthesis
Jolts
Ataxia-loss of coordination
speech problems
urine retention
depression
memory problems
mood problems
Extreme Fatigue- mornings aren't too bad but as the day goes on it is like it will take all my energy just to anything
acid reflux
cold body parts
severe daily headaches
I had a spinal tap done to check for MS but they said it was negative so there for i don't have MS. All the symptoms i have all point to MS... I have done my research an 5-10% of people the spinal tap can be negative but still have it... I do have other health problems but i don't think they pertain to this. I would like to know your opinion

[aldez]

sorry, I made a small mistake on my last parragraph on my post to you:

A last piece of advice, If I may, you might want to prepare before seeing the neuro by getting some things to facilitate things to the doctor. I recently finished a page called  things you can do if you think you might have MS and you might find it helpful here is the link http://www.ms-multiple-sclerosis-symptoms.com/Multiple-sclerosis.html

Good luck and be well,

Alex

[aldez]

Hi, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a very unpredictable illness and not something you can easily get a clear cut answer most of the time. Just to give you an idea, MS symptoms could mimic many different neurological  illnesses (over 50 of them if I remember correctly) and the best thing you can do is to make an appointment with a good neurologist (is very important that you look for one with experience in treating MS) and work with him/her to figure this out.  

As a guy that have been living with MS for 14 years now I would like to invite you to visit my site http://www.ms-multiple-sclerosis-symptoms.com  and I think you might find answers to some of the questions you might be having.

A last piece of advice, If I may, you might want to prepare before seeing the neuro by getting some things to facilitate things to the doctor. I recently finished a page called things you can do if you think you might have MS  and you might find it helpful here is the link http://www.ms-multiple-sclerosis-symptoms.com/Multiple-sclerosis.html

I hope things work out ok for you and have faith,

Be well,  

Alex

[Dr Sharma]

Hi there. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic demyelinating neurological disorder where the disease phase is characterized by active phase and remissions. It has multiple symptoms and signs and is a diagnosis of exclusion. The symptoms of multiple sclerosis are loss of balance, muscle spasms, numbness in any area, problems with walking and coordination, tremors in one or more arms and legs. Bowel and bladder symptoms include frequency of micturition, urine leakage, eye symptoms like double vision uncontrollable rapid eye movements, facial pain, painful muscle spasms, tingling, burning in arms or legs, depression, dizziness, hearing loss, fatigue etc. You have many of these symptoms. The treatment is essentially limited to symptomatic therapy so the course of action would not change much whether MS has been diagnosed or not. Apart from clinical neurological examination, MRI shows MS as paler areas of demyelination, two different episodes of demyelination separated by one month in at least two different brain locations. Spinal tap is done and CSF electrophoresis reveals oligoclonal bands suggestive of immune activity, which is suggestive but not diagnostic of MS. Demyelinating neurons, transmit nerve signals slower than non-demyelinated ones and can be detected with EP tests. These are visual evoked potentials, brain stem auditory evoked response, and somatosensory evoked potential. Slower nerve responses in any one of these is not confirmatory of MS but can be used to complement diagnosis along with a neurological examination, medical history and an MRI and a spinal tap. Take care.