Doctor Joshua’s Simplified McDonald Diagnostic Criteria of MS for the Layman:
I have simplified the 2005 revised McDonald criteria here to make this (hopefully) understandable for non-medical persons. Remember, this is just for general information - it’s not an official list of criteria.
(Medical professionals and others who wish to research this topic further, please see original [...]
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Multiple Sclerosis
MS Multiple Sclerosis Diagnostic Criteria (Simplified)
Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007Fibromyalgia and MS symptoms?
Friday, July 28th, 2006Fibromyalgia, possible multiple sclerosis symptoms?
I am a 36 year old female diagnosed with fibromyalgia, degenertive disc disease, and osteoarthritis. I have had tingling and numbness from my right knee down through my toes. The numbness is so bad I can not walk or drive a car. I have also has muscle twitching (it looks like [...]
Tightness in the Chest During Exercise in an MS Patient
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006I am a patient of MS, but I don’t believe that the symptoms that I have, have to do anything with that.I have a strange feeling of tidiness around my chest & back. I have started going to the gym and we exercise our upper body a lot, I don’t know if that [...]
Continue readingVaginal Dryness, Pap Smear, Multiple Sclerosis, MS, contraceptives, hormones, depression
Saturday, March 25th, 2006I was raped when I was 12 and had sexual disease testing regularly since out of paranoia, always normal. I was sexually active around age 20, at that time had frequent UTIs, bleeding between periods, cramping, vaginal dryness, and frequent yeast infections. It stopped when I became celibate again, I have a latex allergy, and [...]
Continue readingProgesterone, Endometriosis, Pain, Symptoms, Treatment, Surgery, Retinal Vein Occlusion, Depo-Provera
Tuesday, March 14th, 2006I am a 44-year-old woman who has been in good health except for increasingly heavy and painful periods. In June 2004 I experienced severe pelvic pain and had a laparoscopy and appendectomy. The pathology report on the appendix showed microscopic endometriosis. In December 2005 I experienced pelvic pain severe enough that I went to the [...]
Continue readingMultiple Sclerosis Symptom? Brain MRI, white spot
Monday, March 6th, 2006I was hospitalized for fainting in a restaurant (May 2002), and on my brain MRI there were “white spots” suspected as Multiple Sclerosis demyelination. I also had a positive Babinski sign, but I am sure I have always raised my toes upward if anybody touches my foot in anyway. I had a positive tilt table [...]
Continue readingMultiple Sclerosis Symptoms?
Tuesday, February 28th, 2006Multiple Sclerosis?
Could this be multiple sclerosis?
*CURRENT SYMPTOMS*
Feeling of lump-in-the-throat, or throat spasms. Able to swallow food, but feel like there is something in the throat moving around and/or squeezing. Dizziness and disorientation. Feeling of being off-balance. Feeling of “brain fog,” i.e., difficulty with certain cognitive functions, such as slight memory loss, confusion, inability to concentrate, [...]
