I am now convinced it’s ms. I Googled ‘feet tingling after hot bath’, and I found several people with Ms saying they have,this. Is this it? Is it all over now?
hi
my feet tingled without the hot bath.
i went to my gp, saw a locum who gave me thiamine tablets.
this got rid of the tingling (left foot).
hurray! but unfortunately a month later it came back in both feet and both hands.
then a referral to neurology followed by diagnosis.
don’t get in front of yourself.
if you haven’t seen a neuro, see your gp.
and it isn’t all over!
there’s still life after diagnosis.
carole x
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If you are feeling very troubled with anxiety about your health, you need to talk to your GP.
You post does not in itself raise in my mind the remotest hint that you have MS or anything else organic the matter with you, but it does ooze anxiety and a troubled mind from every letter. That, in itself, is a very good reason to take your troubles to the GP and ask what he/she thinks.
Good luck.
Alison
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hi
my feet tingled without the hot bath.
i went to my gp, saw a locum who gave me thiamine tablets.
this got rid of the tingling (left foot).
hurray! but unfortunately a month later it came back in both feet and both hands.
then a referral to neurology followed by diagnosis.
don’t get in front of yourself.
if you haven’t seen a neuro, see your gp.
and it isn’t all over!
there’s still life after diagnosis.
carole x
[/quote] pins and needles is a classic sign of ms in the beginning. I don’t see why you disagree
Pins and zneedles is a common neurological symptom for everyone.i don’t have it after a bath. It doesn’t mean you have MS. You could have a herniated disc.thats the major culprit. Go get an MRI. What makes you think you are suffering?
Uhthoffs
No, that’s not what I meant at all. My symptoms of weakness and wading through treacle get worse after a hot bath. My balance is worse. I started with double vision. After that I had an immediate MRI and was diagnosed in 4 hours. MS was never on my mind st all.i had to go and buy lots of books to read up on it. No Wikipedia then.
what I was asking was in what way do you feel that you are suffering?.
My friend who was diagnosed in the 1960s was diagnosed on weakness after a hot bath. There are loads of physical tests a doctor can do - even a GP! If you’ve had any tests then maybe you have something worse? You don’t want anything worse. My good friend has Hughes disease which was diagnosed by a bloodctest, years after a diagnosis of PPMS. Her pain is bone deep and excruciatingly terrible. So far you haven’t mentioned any real symptoms of MS. My friend is also going blind. Hughes is treatable but the blood thinners can be dangerous. She can’t take them any more.
I’ve mentioned what my symptoms are. Pins and needles in both feet and sometimes hands which always worsenel after hot bath or walking. Whether it’s the heat or circulation I don’t know. This began a few months ago. I have also been getting more intense phosphenes.
That’s actually what my doctor said too. We need to consider the chances too. There are only 300 men of my age group who get diagnosed with MS in a year in the UK. I don’t know how many mem of my age group there are In the UK but it seems pretty rare. The problem is, if it’s not ms, what are the other possibilities? I can’t find any curable ones. Vitamins and diabetes have already been checked
Have you had your thyroid checked? Hypothyroidism can also give many symptoms similar to MS. It’s one of the things my neuro had checked as I’ve had an underactive thyroid for many years but my current levels have shown to be ok. Presumably they’ve checked your vitamin D3 and B12 levels?
Hi … My feet tingle after a hot bath too they have done now since September 2015 - My MRI is clear (or was back in December 2015), I have, in the mean time picked up several other issues and Im currently having other causes ruled out. Peripheral Neuropathy (which can be tingling anywhere) …
What causes peripheral neuropathy?
Causes of peripheral neuropathy include:
- Undamaged diabetes blood sugar levels causing nerve damage
- Long-term alcohol abuse
- Low vitamin B12 levels
- Accident, injury or surgical problem damaging nerves
- Underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism)
- Shingles
- Lyme disease
- Diphtheria
- Botulism
- HIV
- Vasculitis blood vessel inflammation
- Chronic liver disease
- Chronic kidney disease
- Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) - abnormal blood proteins
- Lymphoma - cancer of the body’s lymphatic system
- Multiple myeloma - bone marrow cancer
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) - inherited disease causing motor sensory problems
- Toxins, arsenic, lead or mercury
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Amyloidosis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Lupus
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Side effects of some medications
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Idiopathic neuropathies, where the cause is not known.
Not to mention Functional Neurological Disorder, Central Centralisation, Fibromyalgia, ME - there are others
Try not to jump to a diagnosis until you have some tests … and see what they say…
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Uthoffs is temporary, it’s not permanent. I have really bad nerve pain, but I would never have described it as suffering. My advice is don’t have hot baths and try do try not to give the impression that you are paralyzed and dying. You are no worse off than anyone else. For example due to new knee I cantt balance and I’m incontinent and yet, I’m not suffering, I just live with it. Why are you so sorry for yourself? You have to be a man.classic male reaction. ’ well that’s it. Life’s over.’ . No it isn’t. You’ll get treatment and move on. We’ve all had to do it. Things improve.
Thats not ms. Get real. Stop taking the p:::
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