post-injury neuropathy vs tos/rsi vs ms
 

ive been reading about ms lately and people with eds i think are 5x more likely to get it

i know the definitive way to test for ms is an mri of your brain

but are there any other ways, how do you distinguish the cause of neuropathy? can you just have post-injury neuropathy without any particular cause aside from the injury itself despite normal testing?

i am trying to figure out if the constant gloved feeling in my hands is from the rsi (i believe??? this is common in rsi's) or if it's something more related to my central nervous system (ms?) than peripheral.


i assume that since i have trouble doing nerve glides my neuropathy is rsi related but perhaps people with ms can't do nerve glides either :confused:

I have ms, and yes brain and spinal mri is used for testing, but not the only test. I had numerous test done which also included a spinal tap. I can do nerve glides.

i am so sorry you have ms, thanks for clearing that up tho. i am better at doing nerve glides now and it definitely correlates to my numbness.

i assume you have tos and that would flare up your ms? can you distinguish one from the other?

no idea what is causing what. I know a recent mri showed multiple new lesions. I have both NTOS and ATOS. With the ATOS, I know when my subclavian artery gets compressed that my vertebral artery stops, causing dizziness but the constant change in pressure in the head maybe causing more ms problems. Nobody really knows.

i swear i have atos sx but my duplex ultrasound (i think this is what it is, they checked the pulse in my fingers while turning my head in different positions)..

only came back normal except for in the military position which is apparently normal :confused:

did you get atos confirmed with the duplex tests or a ct scan?

people with eds and probably MS (?) have vasovagal syncope really bad

im amazed you can even sit up and type. that sounds awful. has anything helped you?

atos was confirmed with ultrasound and some other bp audible test.. there are days where sitting is uncomfortable...i try about everything for relief. some things help and some aggravate, so it is hit or miss

Mrs. Pennyloafer, I had the MRI to rule out MS, and pre alziehmers last week and in a few days had the results ruling it out. Better to get the MRI, I have open, to rule it out. Especially with your tingles lately that area upper and lower.

You could be having degenerative issues in lumber contributing. Better to find out. I could not get a new Lumbar the same time as the cerviacal so I am waiting. Last one was about 2009, 2003, 2000.
Hope you can rule this out as a problem.
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so if i got tingling really bad in both my shoulders and milder version in my legs at the same time (lying down in bed at night) and i dont have MS, then it would fall under autonomic neuropathy right? can't you just have mild form of that bc parts of RSD just don't describe me at all.

if a disc is pinched or dengenerating in my lower back and say it's irritated, that should not cause my shoulders to tingle really badly or vice versa?