Anyone with multiple sclerosis or knows alot about it!?

My niece age 31 is suspected to have MS, has had 2 MRI's, a spinal tap after her left side of face felt numb. She's being seen by a neurologist 2 weeks ago. Now a few days ago her left side limbs are tingly and numbish with her left foot numbish. Yesterday, her left side area has same symptoms. Her Dr is going to have another MRI for her, but not til Friday. This sounds like a stroke to me, but she says her blood tests ruled a tumor and stroke out. IS THIS COMMON for MS to have ALL the tingling and numb feelings on the ONE side? I can't wait til Friday, so curiosity led me here. Please answer.

Thank you esther, but what I was specifically asking was whether it is common for MS to show symptoms on the entire ONE, left side of the body.

You don't say how long your neice has had these symptoms, or how they came about. But if she's been having them for long enought to be seeing a neuroligist for work-ups and multiple MRI's, it's probably not a stroke.

With a stroke, the symptoms would involve sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body. The loss of voluntary movement and/or sensation may be complete or partial. There may also be an associated tingling sensation in the affected area.

With MS, some of the more common symptoms are a lot like those of a stroke: muscle weakness with or without difficulties with coordination and balance; muscle spasms, fatigue, numbness, and prickling pain are common symptoms; and/or loss of sensation, speech impediment (typically a problem articulating words), tremors, or dizziness.

In 1998, Ann Romney (Mitt Romney's wife) thought she was having a stroke, only to be diagnosed with MS.

There are several other diseases that can also have these symptoms. Her neurologist should rule them outbefore diagnosing her with MS. A diagnosis of MS may take several months to confirm.

My friends Ma has MS. What your describing sounds more like a stroke. Please, please, please, tell her to take some aspirin asap to thin her blood (I had a blood clot a few years ago and everything went numb on my left side, by the the time I got to the ER my numbness went away because I took two aspirin) It helps prevent your platelets from sticking together.

As for MS, my friends ma has extreme sensitivity to hot and cold. she has a hard time holding her bladder. She gets brain fog. Her muscles ache. I've never heard her talk about anything going numb-on one side. MS is an autoimmune disorder that causes the mylein sheath layer on nerves to break down. Have her take some ginko biloba, because it helps both circulation and MS. Best of luck to yous.

That's exactly how it started for my wife, who has MS: The first symptom - when she was around 30 years old - was a numbness of the left side of her face, second came the same symptoms on all of her left side.

I think it's very common and very possible for MS to give symptoms on one side only - especially since your niece is so early in the process (my wife have had symptoms on both sides now, some three years after that first left-side episode, but it's still most tangible on her left side).

I understand your concern, but if they have done blood tests to rule out a stroke and a tumor, I think your niece (and you) can feel fairly safe that that's not it.

Yes - it certainly could be MS. I have secondary progressive ms and about 12 years ago it started with that numbness and tingling in my feet and lower legs. Most of the time it was my right leg, admittedly sometimes in both. After 10 years of that on and off - I know cannot really use my right leg. I feel it but it is numb and tingly all the time. My right arm gets the same sensation but not constant.

MS is a strange, strange condition. It can give the oddest, most unpredictable symptoms. There are a million things that your niece could have, but MS is certainly up there. The tests are very difficult to name 100% positive results, so they will (and should) keep doing MRS's and other tests until they know for sure. The tap should tell alot.
Keep the faith and hope for the best! Hope this helped.

yes, it is normal for MS. multiple sclerosis is a condition where u have the central nervous system affected (brain and spinal cord). there is a covering on the nerve called myelin sheath, that helps in nerve conduction (electrical signals). in MS, this covering is impaired, and u get altered sensations like tingling, numbness etc.
i am sorry to say that this disease cannot be completely cured. it will have relapsing and remission periods, which means that sometimes the symptoms will disappear completely and sometimes it will come back again. the disabilities associated with this disease will progress with the number of attacks.
many therapies are there which can minimise the damages. it is an autoimmune disease, which means, the immune system which has to defend the body from diseases is fighting against itself. am sorry for ur cousin.