Multiple sclerosis onset after age 60

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Have any of you been diagnosed after 60? I find myself having several symptoms and have been searching the web? Looking back, I had some problems in my 30's and 40's.

clinical characteristics, prognostic factors and differential diagnosis. Neurol Sci. 2004 Nov;25 Suppl 4:S350-5.

Factors predisposing to benign multiple sclerosis included younger age at onset, shorter disease duration and a lower number of relapses. We conclude that a substantial proportion of patients with multiple sclerosis from Crete follow a rather benign disease course, and this may relate to the genetic background of the population and/or to environmental factors.

One of them said it is all due to ur anxiety ( Cause i do not have any bladder problems and dizziness, numbness tingling all is due to anxiety) but one said its Multiple Sclerosis+ anxiety. My MRI and EEG were clear. Currently i have high frequency of muscle tingling through out my body only when i am lying on bed plus i see double vision of any statement especially ( white in colour) on TV and laptop. Is it MS? Should I start taking Med for MS or just let it be and hope it will go away?

Of note, half of the patients who did not develop clinical multiple sclerosis also had abnormal MRIs at onset. In a third study, optic neuritis with no MRI lesions led to multiple sclerosis at 5 years in 16%, versus 51% of patients with 3 or more MRI lesions (Beck 1997). The 10-year data for this study show multiple sclerosis in 22% without MRI lesions, and in 56% in those with 1 or more MRI lesions. The amount of disability is unrelated to baseline lesion load.

Approximately 50% of patients with RRMS convert to Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis (SPMS) within 10 years of disease onset. After 30 years, this figure rises to 90%. At any one time, the Relapsing-Remitting form of the disease accounts around 55% of all people with multiple sclerosis. SPMS is characterised by a steady progression of clinical neurological damage with or without superimposed relapses and minor remissions and plateaux.

But the study that ess referred to dealt with 165 people in Spain whose diagnosis was after 60, and many of whom had their onset also after 60. The oldest at diagnosis in that study was 78 and the oldest at symptom onset was 72. There are older people in both categories that have been reported. There is no reason in the world why there would be a true "upper limit." I was 52 at onset and 54 at diagnosis. BTW the youngest at diagnosis, I believe, was 18 months old.

relationship between seasonal variations of relapse and age of onset (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8407141). This is from 1993, but they hypothesize that "the fall in melatonin secretion in the spring may account for epidemiological findings revealing a high incidence of relapse of MS in the spring." Seasonal patterns in optic neuritis and multiple sclerosis: a meta-analysis (http://www.direct-ms.org/pdf/VitDMS/ONMSonset.

Yes, I was allergy free until I was 23. Then I developed an allergy to shrimp. I was in denial about it until I ended up in the hospital. As time when on I became severely reactive to MSG and other preservatives like sulfa. To this day I never know what will set me off. Today I have a general rash and remain clueless as to why because it isn't Mango season...allergic to them as well. I know how weird it is to be allergy free your whole youth and then-wham!

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Sometimes even talking, chewing or yawning may cause the pain. The cause can be idiopathic in that we do not know, or may be related to multiple sclerosis, tumor, or basilar artery aneurysm. The treatment includes anti-seizure medications such as carbamazepine. Other treatment options include baclofen and even surgery if indicated. This condition can occur alone or may be associated with other conditions.

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Multiple-Sclerosis/show/41 Specifically, this Health Page describes the lesions found in MS: http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/How-MRIs-Show-Lesions-in-MS/show/23?cid=36 Also, what a typical MS work up entails: http://www.medhelp.org/health_pages/Multiple-Sclerosis/Common-Blood-Test-Youll-See-During-the-Diagnosis-Process/show/446?cid=36 Good luck and keep us posted.

Defining the clinical course of multiple sclerosis: results of an international survey by Fred D. Lublin and Stephen C. Reingold for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (USA) Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials of New Agents in Multiple Sclerosis. In Neurology. 1996 Apr;46(4):907-11. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8780061 Anyway, up until that point clinical trials were hampered by a lack of agreement on the types of MS and the definitions of those types.

Seizures have been observed before and presumably marking the clinical onset of multiple sclerosis, and during acute bouts of MS. In some cases, seizures appear to be the only sign of a flare of MS. But there isn't general acceptance of seizures as the first and only sign of MS.

If there is no MRI finding for two years after the diagnosis, the diagnosis should be revised. A person with multiple sclerosis is going to have lesions on the brain. The MRI, though most effective currently, may not pick up some lesions.

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