Sorry to repeat old ground but I can’t seem to find that many previous posts on it from the search despite knowing there have been regular ones.
I do think I get this because although I don’t get an electric shock running all down my body I do get buzzy burning in the lower part of my neck and upper back and when I bend my head in certain angles my arms feel constricted, hands/fingers tingly and legs buzzy and tight. Yet I’m being told my neuro problems are functional. I just want to ask if it’s possible to have this effect (l’hermittes or not) from innocent causes?
That was one of my first symptoms 15 years ago, on bending my head I get tingling sensation in the bottom of legs, this sensation will go higher up the legs as I get more tired, it has reached waist level. I’ve still got it everyday it’s never gone away it just varies in severity.
Hi Deanne, thanks for your reply, are you diagnosed? I’ll have a look at your profile. My legs are permanently buzzing to some degree or other as you describe but regardless of my head movement and that often does go up to my waist. The bending head/neck always affects my left arm but sometimes both arms or left arm and left leg. I’m embarrassed to ask for a repeat MRI based on it unless I’m sure of what it is!
Yes I’ve been Dxd for 15 years now PPMS, my hands tingle all the time and gain that varies in severity as well but I’ve never been without that either in 15years. It’s a strange feeling though when you bend your neck forward and it causes strange sensations to run up your legs, I remember prior to being Dxd the Occ Health dept at work thought that I might of had a trapped nerve, alas not to be.
Yes I’ve been Dxd for 15 years now PPMS, my hands tingle all the time and gain that varies in severity as well but I’ve never been without that either in 15years. It’s a strange feeling though when you bend your neck forward and it causes strange sensations to run up your legs, I remember prior to being Dxd the Occ Health dept at work thought that I might of had a trapped nerve, alas not to be.
L’Hermitte’s sign describes electrical buzzing sensations in the limbs and body brought on by movement of the neck. These sensations are known as paraesthesia and include tingling, buzzing, electrical shocks, partial numbness and sharp pains. L’Hermitte’s is most often triggered by lowering the head so that the chin touches the chest. The sensations usually only last for a second or two. It has been called the “barber shop” symptom because it is often evoked when the hairdresser asks you to lower your head when he or she shaves the back of your neck.
L’Hermitte’s is associated with a number of conditions including arthritis, cervical spondylosis, disc compression, pernicious anaemia, tumours and multiple sclerosis. In many cases, the cause cannot be found.
Because the cervical spinal cord is a frequent target for multiple sclerosis it is a very common symptom of MS. Aproximately two thirds of people with multiple sclerosis experience L’Hermitte’s symptom at some point during the course of their disease.
In MS, L’Hermitte’s is an indicator of lesions in the cervical spine (the part of spine in the neck). Movement of the neck causes the damaged nerves (the demyelinatedneurons) to be stretched and send erroneous signals. The symptoms can occur anywhere below the neck and many people with MS find that it moves around their body from one day to the next.
[/quote] have just read that thread Carol, very interesting, at least I can relate to a lot of what people are saying, it’s. hard to describe to someone who doesn’t suffer from it .
Hi, thanks for all these helpful replies. I’m sure this is what is happening to me but so difficult to convince a doctor I haven’t just googled too much. They don’t deny I have complex neurological problems, they just don’t think they’re due to an organic problem. That means they don’t see the point of doing a new scan. I think they need to concentrate closely on my neck/thoracic spine but what do I know!! Hmph.