Does anybody know what Multiple sclerosis is and what symptoms you had ?!

Does anybody know what Multiple sclerosis is and what symptoms you had ?

well beginning about 10 yrs ago i started having trouble with my eye sight blurred vision floaters and things like that and over the years it seems that is getting better but still have trouble sometimes now i have had weakness in my arms and legs . i am in pain all the time in my back legs feet arms neck problems , depression dizziness sometimes i dont know what to do i really dont im thinking very serouisly about asking my doctor to test me for MS . anybody out there have it and could tell me what their symptoms was ?

I have MS. The sypmtoms are so close to many other conditions such as fibromyalgia, lupus, chronic fatigue, there are others. I had been going to the doctor for many years for fatigue, sores that wouldn't heal etc. well the doc's checked me every year for diabetis, sugar was always normal. I went to the doc a year or so ago because i felt like i had had the flu for 3 years. I had bladder issues, bowel issues. Get this. Bladder i was incontinent, bowel IBS. Well When I lost my sight due to OPptical Neuritis, i was sent for an MRI by a retenologist. This is when I found out i had MS.

The body is virtually being attacked by your immune system. The nerveous system does not have the immune system working in it. Something happens in the body and the immune system breaks though the Blood-Brain Barrier. When inside it thinks the CNS is a foriegn entity and attacks it. There is mylin on the nerves that assists in the conduting of the bodies signals to the area it is sending it. When it eats away the mylin the nerves will either misfire or not work at all. This will result in an aray of problems. The symptoms you will have depend on where the leisions are in the nervous system. I have 2 lesions one on each side 12mm and 10mm in diamiter. Lesions are where the body tries to heal the nerve and places a scar tissue on the nerve to protect them. Since the nervous system doesn't have the immune system to aide in healing it can't rebuild the mylin.

I hope I helped and didn't confuse. A peron can read alot about MS, and it is good information. But since it is different for everyone it is hard for a doctor to diagnos it. Sometimes when a person has lost sight or become paralyzed will they check for MS.

Talk to your doctor, tell him what you think you have. It could be anything but don't rule MS out. You can email me anytime. June 30, 2006 was the day I was told I have it. I take a shot every week. There is no cure, only a shot that will hopefully keep it from progressing. I will find out in August whe i go for another MRI if it is helping me. I still have all the syptoms they will never go away. I take medicine for the servere cramps in my legs, the constant pain in lower back and legs, and the tremors.

The nervous system operates everything in our body, the organs everything.

Good luck, sorry got on a soap box.