Ms symptoms and headaches

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1437229 tn?1296070020 I have headaches all the time and have had them as long as I have had MS. My MS Specialists all shrug when I ask if they are part of MS. Ironically my insurance will pay for me to go to the ER for a shot but I never have gone that route. American Health Care is so penny wise pound foolish. Oh well that is my headache rant.
Avatar f tn what are signs and symptoms of MS? I have optic neuritis and would like to know other symptoms.
Avatar n tn m getting a second opinion), and wanted to know if frequent headaches and blurred vision after eating is a sign of MS. Could it just be my blood sugar instead? I do get headaches a lot, and a little dizzy after I eat and at certain times of the day but again, I have always atttributed this to my blood sugar level and not drinking enough water. Your input is greatly appreciated!
6530778 tn?1456883801 You have many symptoms that could be from many conditions. To rule out MS go to your doctor and get an neurological exam. That is reflexes and such. Any doctor can do a neurological exam. If the exam is abnormal then you get a referral to a neurologist.
Avatar f tn Sixty-six percent (182 of 277) of patients were diagnosed with remitting-relapsing MS, 17% (47 of 277) with primary progressive MS, and 17% (48 of 277) with secondary progressive MS. Overall, 55.6% (154 of 277) of patients had a complaint of headache. Of these 154 patients with headache, 61.7% (95 of 154) met criteria for migraine-like headache, 25.3% (39 of 154) met criteria for tension-type headache, and 13% (20 of 154) had features of both migraine and tension-type headache (Figure 1).
Avatar f tn Hi Roaseanna, I've not been dx'd w/MS, but I do suffer from MS-like symptoms. My headaches began about a month ago and are not like headaches I've had in the past. The pain is most often in the front of my head, right behind my forehead. I've also been getting very sharp pains that last for very brief periods of time. The pains are on both my left and right sides of my head. I also get split-second shots of pain in both my ears.
Avatar f tn I went to the ER one night because my headaches was lasting all day and I had burning sensations on my skin and foggyness. My MD thought maybe I had a pulled muscles and a pinched nerve. They did a CT and. only found some det disc disease in my neck. I was referred to a neuro doctor but my apt isn't for 2 months!! Since then I had an episode where I got a sudden headache and felt really foggy and like the groung underneath my feet was unstable.
Avatar m tn so for me myself which is what? Do I just have headaches that are causing MS like symptoms or do I really have something like TM/MS that is causing the headaches. I am not diagnosed with MS but told that I have TM. I have no evidence on MRI to support this theory? So still feel limbo. I hope my answer has helped, but if you are worried do see a Dr. Fasculations can occur in MS but are not the primary thing for MS...... Best wishes, Udkas...
1973666 tn?1325964688 She is scheduled for PT next week with a Dr that specializes in headaches, neck, and spine problems. Her numbness and tingling seems mostly limited to her left hand and foot. But the weird thing is that while it is always "there" is seems to get worse when she is stressed, as does the neck pain. He put her on 100mg of Amitriptyline at light and it has taken the edge of the headaches and helped her sleep.
565254 tn?1224716453 I have since developed some white lesions which the neuro says is MS and am on multiple meds to help with the headaches and other weird symptoms but I always worry about the chiari being the headache trigger. Some times I can tell my face is swollen a little on that side. I am curious if anyone out there has any similar experience? I would hate to have spent 3 years dealing with treating symptoms that people think is due to MS and be wrong.
Avatar n tn s one of the people diagnosed with MS Enemy. And I came across a lot of people diagnosed with MS years ago. And don't even know it. To avoid sugar & Fat. We all must learn how to read Labels. Look up Tosca Reno. Oxygenmag. com.
Avatar f tn I would do a search for MS symptoms and one for fibromyalgia symptoms and see if your symptoms line up with either of these. I have fibro and know people with MS. Your symptoms sound similar to both of these conditions to me.
429700 tn?1308007823 Any correlation between migraines/headaches and MS attacks for you? Today, I left work early because of a horrible headache. I took my usual migraine medicine, but was really tired even when the headache finally subsided hours later. I took a nap, lying on my back, and I woke up with a numb right side of my face (especially the lip on the right side) and right arm numbness.
Avatar f tn For the past 2 months i've had headaches and ive taken advil and motrin and it would stop, the past 4 weeks now ive been taking medicine and it won't stop. I've taken a lot of antibiotics, and I've been to the hospital and they've said its a sinus infection, i've taken medicine for sinus infections and didn't stop either. I went for an xray of my sinus and it came out clear. I have no health problems from the past.
Avatar m tn A close friend of mine has the exact same symptoms and was diagnosed with MS and another with cancer so it scares me. I know it is not normal t be in this much pain. Every doc wants to give me a new med or a new preventative, and nothing is working....
Avatar n tn Hello, all. I'm hoping you might be able to help with some suggestions. I'm 50 years old, and have a mixed basket of symptoms, a bunch of test results, and no diagnosis yet by the neurologist.
Avatar f tn Hi and Welcome. This is a good place to learn more about MS and the testing process. And it is a great community, even though they tend to disappear on the weekends. There are many things that will cause spots on our brains, including Lyme Disease, Sarcodoisis, Ischemis attacks and cigarette smoking. Sorry to throw in that last one - as an ex myself I know how hard that is to give up.
Avatar n tn My gf was diagnosed with als about 3-4 years ago. She's 31 years old. She has symptoms of als like extreme fatigue and weakness of muscles, headaches. I've tried reading up about all of this, but she has a couple of symptoms that is not commonly suggested diagnosis for it. Unless I'm wrong or didn't do proper research. Please could someone tell me if the following are symptoms of als: Left side goes completely numb and after a couple of minutes back to normal again.
Avatar f tn Although I have been feeling great for the past few months, I am having a lot of dizzy spells and off and on pain in the back of my head. I also noticed some leakage of urine. Are these symptoms changes in my MS? Should I contact my neuro for a MRI?
Avatar m tn When neurogenic claudication is occurring, and when there are frequent headaches and sensory symptoms such as it sounds like is the case in you, re-evaluation by a neurologist is recommended (i.e. it would be best to follow-up with a physician instead of attributing your symptoms to your known DDD and not seeing a physician). If you have not had an MRI of your spine recently, since your symptoms started to worsen, this may be indicated, to see if your DDD has progressed.
410281 tn?1254229064 The search comes up with over three million articles and blogs related to the correlation between MS and headaches. This small piece comes off of the MS Society website: "One report noted that migraine headaches were more than twice as common in a group of MS patients than in a matched group of people without MS. Other investigators found a prior diagnosis of migraine in one-third of the MS group being studied.
Avatar f tn Ok. So I posted a few months ago but initial symptoms I was having that I thought were MS related. I think I'm having more, whether MS related or not. I'd just like to know what's going on. I still have pins and needle feelings all over my body and different times in different places. But now, I have a numb sensation in my head. It feels like a lot of pressure but numbness as well. I think there's pins and needles feelings in my head as well.