Thread: l'hermite in MS
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Old 04-21-2014, 11:16 AM
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Hi Charlie,

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Originally Posted by Charlie2015 View Post
My Lhermittes doesn't seem normal. I DON'T get shocks when I just bend my neck rather I have to really hunch my back to feel a somewhat sharp vibration/shock sensation that spreads down to my toes and to the sides near my kidneys. My doctor says it's because of MS but it doesn't happen every time I hunch. I'm wondering if it's not because of MS. Any suggestions?
Honestly, your description does not sound like Lhermitte's sign. Lhermitte's is strictly about flexing the neck and having abnormal sensations. Have you tried just bending your neck down and not your back?

If so and if you do not have any abnormal sensation I would question your Neurologist carefully and in detail about when and what you are doing to elicit the sensations you have.

Any description you research about lhermittes will all return the same description about flexing or bending the neck.

http://neurology.about.com/b/2013/04...ittes-sign.htm

http://www.msfocus.org/article-detai...?articleID=331
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