Hi, so long story short my child a few years ago started to fall and was always fatigued, her left foot progressively got worse to the point it could not be moved to a flat position. We have been threw referrals from hospital after seeing wearing a splint for a few years her left foot flattened and we was discharged (never had a explanation or diagnosis) after a year of being discharged she is again having falls managing to catch herself now she is 14years old. Her legs and feet keep swelling going red and she’s saying they sting and feel like they are burning she’s also developing unexplained bruising on random pants of her feet. She gets very tired all the time and her back is hurting and getting a lot of headaches and saying she can see circles in her eyes. We have just been sent for emergency blood tests and awaiting a referral again from the hospital. I have a friend who has mentioned MS and I’m not sure how to ask or what to say or even if I should be concerned? Any and all advise is greatly appreciated.
Presuming you are in the UK. I suggest you go back to your GP. They are much better to advise than anybody here. MS crops up in many peoples search for an explanation as it has such an enormous range of symptoms to identify with. There will probably be people in this group who may look back at their history and identify with them, but they do not appear to be classic symptoms. There are no definitive tests for MS and a lot of the testing done is to prove it is not something else.
Try to keep an open mind and engage productively with your GP. Dr Google will come up with multiple diagnoses but in my experience not the correct ones!
I am sorry that you are having such a worrying time. MS is rare in children, but it does happen. For what it’s worth, swelling and reddening is definitely not typically a direct feature of MS. Most of the sensory problems that come with MS have no physical signs whatsoever - that’s one of the things that distinguishes the misfiring nerve signalling of CNS trouble from more routine causes.