solumedrol numbness

ve had a horrible experience with Solumedrol as well.....Back in March I had extreme leg and groin numbness and went on IV Solumedrol for 3 days....I had a nasty reaction to it, but it DID take away the numbness and vision problems almost immediately....Well, within 48 hours anyway..... In May the left side of my head and face went numb and because I was visiting the MS Clinic at that time, I declined the Solumedrol treatment.....That numbness didn't go away for 20 days.....

Help! I've had numbness on left side of face and complete loss of hearing in left ear (except for a high pitched ringing) for 4 weeks. I had vertigo for the first 2 weeks. Planning on starting solumedrol i.v. as soon as a bladder infection is cleared up. Has anyone lost hearing during an exacerbation?

I am wondering what kind of results has anyone had from the prednisone and how soon you may have noticed a difference. My biggest problems have been the shocking pains, tickling skin, and numbness in my hands. The numbness in my hands doesn't feel so bad as it did earlier today, usually it feels as if the circulation is being cut off or tightness. Thank you in advance!

Hi All - I had my first does of Solumedrol IV for 5 days. My Neurologist diagnosed me with demyelinating disease of the CNO. I have 2 lesions on my spine and 1 on my brain. 9 months ago I started to feel pain when I moved my eyes (in both eyes). Went to Optometrist AND Ophthalmologist - I do not have Optical Neuritis. It would come and go and would not be too bad. These were sometimes associated with a headache.

feeling in the left side of my face, major twitching in my right forearm, hamstring and calf, alternating numbness and shooting pains in my forearms along with weakness that makes my wrists not want to work when the numbness hits. A spreading feeling of numbness in the muscle, but not the skin (if that makes sense) of my right leg, along with weakness that was making walking more difficult. Not to mention complete exhaustion.

I am scheduled Monday to do an IV for three days of Solumedrol. Has anyone else done that and if so, what is your opinion. I am alittle nervous about it.

Again treated with Solumedrol, this time x 3 days. Whopping fatigue again and entire left side numbness and nerve pain in L arm, hand and foot. Since treatment, some days I feel better than others so it's not a steady decrease in symptoms like last time. I also now have minor numbness in my R foot, since being treated.

I am currently being treated with 1 gm Solumedrol once/month. I had a three day course last spring and felt AWFUL afterwards. I did eventually feel a bit better overall, so maybe it was worth it. Even the one day dose makes me feel pretty lousy. My sx actually seem to get worse for a few days afterward! I'm not dx, but symptomatically fit the diagnostic criteria (we'll see what the 3T MRI has to say...

I have numbness in my right thumb and index finger. My hand feels swollen, though it is not. Vague numbness in forearm as well. Involuntary movement in thumb, where it pulls involuntarily into my palm, and I have severely reduced coordination in my right hand. As an MS patient, I was treated with Solumedrol 2 weeks ago, with no improvement, in fact seemingly worse symptoms now. Is there anything else this could be other than an exacerbation?

Sometimes steroids can make things worse. They do not help MS. They at best give relief from inflammation. There is also a rubberband effect when you get off of them where symptoms are worse. Doctors use them basically because they have nothing better to offer.

Hello I am a 25 year old female and four weeks ago I was diagnosed with optic neuritis, I was admitted to the hospital for 5 days of IV solumedrol therapy (1000 mg a day). After the treatment my vision mostly came back and the eye pain was completely gone. At the same time I also had a burning arm pain in my right arm with numbness and tingling into my fingers. During my hospital stay I had an MRI of my head, which was normal.

ve been dealing with left side weakness and numbness for about a month now. They did a spinal tap and my lab results came back normal and they also did a MRI of my spine and that came back normal as well with no lesions but my neurologist still thinks I might have MS.

Hello everyone! Sorry it's been a few days, but I can barely remember what has happened.....I just wanted to make the wonderful announcement that I was finally able to have a shower today!! YAHOO!! ***CLAP CLAP CLAP*** I vow, before all you wonderful people, that I will never EVER again take for granted the "small" things in life that people do every single day without a second thought....(ie: showers, walking, brushing my teeth, going to bathroom, etc...

I do know that the weakness and numbness in one side can be caused by the MS, but it did not occur until i took the macrobid. I was stopped from taking the macrobid and started on it 2 more times and each time the weakness returned. Is there anyway to fix this? It is getting rather annoying and saddens me cause it feels like i cant do anymore what i like to. If anyone has had the same thing happen, please let me know im not alone... How can the weakness and numbness be stopped.

Later that day my arm, and hand became numb. The next day I felt even more numbness in my arm, and hand (left side). The next day I also felt numbness on half of my body from head to toe (same side). I do have MS, but it is a very dormant disease for me. I let the office know about the numbness within the first week, and then again a few weeks later. Finally after a month I went to see them, and they put me on solumedrol, which I am on right now.

I was admitted into the hospital for infusion, 2 days of 325 mg solumedrol and 3 days of 1000 mg solumedrol. I was then discharged on another 4 week oral schedule of prednisone of which I'm on week one, 60 mg/day. This second time, the infusion saved my right ear. Or seems to have, so far. It has done nothing for the headache though. After my first Abomb (1000 mg dose), my headache initially did ease up, but not go away. However, it hasn't eased up at all since that one time.

I told him that my trigeminal nerve was bugging me but that it was not shooting pain. Some numbness, some tingeling some tooth/ear pain, but not the sharp stabbing pains I had directly after deliery. He said that he was not concerned about it too much then. Then he asked me to follow his finger with my eyes.....1 inch to either side and he noticed my eyes not tracking together.

Hello I am a 25 year old female and four weeks ago I was diagnosed with optic neuritis, I was admitted to the hospital for 5 days of IV solumedrol therapy (1000 mg a day). After the treatment my vision mostly came back and the eye pain was completely gone. At the same time I also had a burning arm pain in my right arm with numbness and tingling into my fingers. During my hospital stay I had an MRI of my head, which was normal.

Searching, I found you and am excited that there is a group that may actually be able to answer some of my questions. The first thing he wants to do is put me on solumedrol for 5 days, I am not currently in a flair. Any reason I should put myself through that if I am not currently having symptoms?

I know steroids can make you susceptible to infections, but has anyone developed a UTI on solumedrol? I had the unmistakable first inklings of one a bit ago. I rushed out for cranberry juice and a blueberry smoothie (blueberries are supposed to have the same effect as cranberries, and it's a good excuse for a fruit smoothie!!) and I'm hoping I can keep it at bay this way, but I guess I'll know in a few hours. These things tend to come on fast for me.

Some symptoms stck around a bit longer and often are treated by Intravenous SoluMedrol (IVSM). IVSM is a steroid that reduces inflammation caused when the myelin sheath, which protects nerves in the central nervous system (CNS) is attacked. In many cases 3-5 days of high dose IVSM relieves symptoms, if not completely, significantly. If the damage is severe enough the resulting symptom may be around for the long haul. I have tinnitus, a 24/7 ringing in my ears. It was caused by my MS.

Thanks for the concern...I'm not sure. I'm new to this whole MS thing and I've been confused on what a real flair up even is. Over the past couple of weeks I kept getting a whooshing sound in right ear and deafness/ringing in ear. Then, the vertigo started Monday. Over the past few days I keep getting new pain going off like electric shocks all over my body. My feet burn and I've got new numbness that keeps coming and going in various parts.

I have numbness intermittently of my little finger on my left hand and 4th finger. Occassional burning of my left shoulder althoug it feels muscular. Sometimes my little finger feels as if it was pinched. A recent MRI states : c5-6 disc desication with decreasing disc height . A rigt central disc protrusion is present causing mild compression on the anterior thecal sac. No central or neural foraminal narrowing at any level. I lift 75 to 80 lbs daily and seem to be more fatigued than usual.

Hello, I've been in remission for the past 6 years until the past couple weeks where I've experienced a recurrance of a prior exacerbation (numbness ant tingling in entire right leg). My job is very demanding and I could not get away to see my neuro, so instead went to an urgent care where they prescribed me a medrol dose pak (21 tabs, 4 mg a piece) followed by an oral prednisone taper.

ed on Aug 14th, I just did my first round of the 5 day IV infusion, finished Monday and my symptoms got WORSE! Now I have tingling, numbness, a little bit of a burning sensation in my left arm and it feels heavy now :(. When I went to get diagnosed just my legs and feet were numb, now I have felt drugged up all week since finishing it. I hope you get to feeling better and your pain goes away soon.

Paresthesias, also sometimes referred to as dysesthesias, means abnormal sensation of the skin, like prickling, burning, tingling, pins and needles, numbness, tightness, wetness, shock-like sensations, even itching. In MS it is due to damage to the CNS, specifically demyelination. In the limbs, it is due to lesions on the spinal cord. It is one of the most difficult MS symptoms to treat.

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