What were your first MS symptoms?

What were your first MS symptoms?

• Vision problems. Visual problems are one of the most common symptoms of MS.
• Tingling and numbness. MS affects nerves in the brain and spinal cord (the body’s message center).
• Pain and spasms.
• Fatigue and weakness.
• Balance problems and dizziness.
• Bladder and bowel dysfunction.
• Sexual dysfunction.
• Cognitive problems.

How does MS usually start?

Here’s where MS (typically) starts Although a number of MS symptoms can appear early on, two stand out as occurring more often than others: Optic neuritis, or inflammation of the optic nerve, is usually the most common, Shoemaker says. You may experience eye pain, blurred vision and headache.

What does the first MS attack feel like?

Multiple sclerosis (MS) attacks can include tingling, numbness, fatigue, cramps, tightness, dizziness, and more.

Is MS really that bad?

While most people with MS have a close-to-normal life expectancy, it can be difficult for doctors to predict whether their condition will worsen or improve, since the disease varies so much from person to person. In most cases, however, MS isn’t a fatal condition.

Can MS ever go away?

MS involves relapse and remission Most people who seek treatment for MS go through relapses and remissions. Remission is a period in which you have improvement of your relapsing symptoms. A remission can last for weeks, months, or, in some cases, years. But remission doesn’t mean you no longer have MS.

What does MS tingling feel like?

You might feel pins and needles, burning or crawling sensations, numbness or tightness. These unusual sensations are a type of nerve (neuropathic) pain. Although the feelings seem to be in the skin, they are actually due to damage caused by MS which disrupts messages passing along nerves in the central nervous system.

What does an MS flare up feel like?

This results in flare-up symptoms such as problems with balance, coordination, eyesight, bladder function, memory or concentration, mobility, fatigue, weakness, numbness or needle-like sensations. Remission occurs when acute inflammation decreases.

What does an MS headache feel like?

They are usually moderate to severe in intensity, last for longer than four hours if not treated, get worse with activity, feel throbbing and pulsating or are duller or more stabbing. The migraine headache is also accompanied by nausea and/or difficulty with light and loud noises.

What happens during an MS flare up?

Flare-ups happen when inflammation in your nervous system damages the layer that covers and protects nerve cells. This slows or stops nerve cell signals from getting to the parts of your body where they need to go.

How many lesions are typical in MS?

An “average” number of lesions on the initial brain MRI is between 10 and 15. However, even a few lesions are considered significant because even this small number of spots allows us to predict a diagnosis of MS and start treatment.

What does MS muscle pain feel like?

It often occurs in the legs. Paraesthesia types include pins and needles, tingling, shivering, burning pains, feelings of pressure, and areas of skin with heightened sensitivity to touch. The pains associated with these can be aching, throbbing, stabbing, shooting, gnawing, tingling, tightness and numbness.