Hi,
I was diagnosed at the beginning of March. I haven’t done much reading about MS and was wondering if anyone else on here has their main MS symptoms in their fingers, hands and arms?
Hi Cymru, I’ve had PPMS for 25 years.
Initially I did have painful arm spasms, which baclofen stopped.
Over the last 3 years, I’ve had worsening strength in arms and hands.
I now have partial use of left hand, which is really annoying!
Boudsx
Thanks for the info. Do you/did you do any exercises to strengthen your hands and arms?
My fingers become really uncomfortable and weak when I’m tired or over do it.
I find it really difficult as you use your hands all the time!
If not main, certainly among the most troublesome. A bad relapse early in my MS days long ago left me with lasting damage and my hands - particularly the outer half of each - have not worked properly since. It isn’t a matter of strengthening exercises for me, I’m afraid. But they’re a lot better than they were at the height of that relapse, and I wonder whether you, too, may find that things improve a lot for you as the current relapse heals - I’m assuming her that RRMS is what you have. Fingers crossed (if you’ll excuse the expression in the context…) that you regain most if not all function with time.