lesion locations and effects
 

Hi, i'm new. i'd like to ask a question...?

Whilst I see that the location of a lesion will affect which part/area of the body/mind is affected, my question is, what if there are more lesions on MRI than there have been effects?

What i'm saying is, i have a c6 lesion that accounts for my left arm and facial signs and a t6 lesion that accounts for my newer right leg stuff.
But i have numerous brain scars too. I had 'Bells palsy' last year (that wasn't) but nothing else springs to mind.

Where did the other lesions come from and how come they were 'silent'?

Lesions are strange :rolleyes:

You can have a lot of lesions with very few symptms or just a few lesions with alot of symptoms. There is really is no rhyme or reason to symptoms and the amount of lesions.

diddo what snoop said.
plus everyone's MS is very different. no 2 people are the same.

I've heard that it doesnt matter the size of the lesion, it's the location of the lesion.

I'm sure you can have a ginormous lesion somewhere, and not have any symptoms, but then you could also have a little one that doesnt show on the usual MRI scans, but can be giving you some really troubling symptoms.

You might have to look back several pages (or more) to find the thread, but there's a thread lurking around here somewhere where someone had posted an explanation on MRIs and how you can not be showing lesions, but just because they're not showing up doesnt mean that you dont have any lesions. It's just possible that the MRI might not be strong enough to be able to pick them up yet.

According to this source, approx 1 out of every 10 lesions (inflammatory or plaque) may cause neurological symptoms, depending on .... see, "Definition and Evolution":

http://www.mswatch.ca/ContentRoot/Ed...ry/Relapse.pdf

Cherie

Not sure if you've seen this thread (it's a sticky on the MS forum) but it's helped me understand my symptoms sometimes:

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread3436.html

Judy,
I just noticed that you are in CO - sorry to butt in on the thread everyone - but I am wondering if you would mind telling me where in CO you are? I'm East of Brighton.

Becky