Losing sensation in my fingers

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Hi, hope everyone’s doing OK. Over the past few weeks I’ve started losing sensation in my fingertips, particularly on the left side (I’m mostly right side affected). I just wondered if there’s anything I can do to get sensation back, any exercises that I should be doing? I’m an artist and starting to worry!

Many thanks

Becky x

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Hi Becky,

That was one of my first symptoms lak of sense of touch, along with lack of sense of temperature. Just be careful.

Presume you have been diagnosed. My top tip is to keep a record of all your symptoms when they start and when they end. It’s difficult to remember details like that at appointments with MS team.

I was advised to squeeze a stress ball. Easy to do when sitting watching TV.

Take care

Jen

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Hi, I noticed a weakness and loss of sensation in my left hand about 9 months ago. I worried that whatever had got me was doing this as well. At the time, MS hadnt been diagnosed.

I had nerve and carpel tunnel tests on my hands and arms and it was found that sitting in my wheelchair, with arms in a certain position was causing my ulnal nerve to be compromised. It isnt the MS at all.!

Its hard not to be in that position, but now I know its not MS travelling, I worry less and it doesnt seem as bad.

Boudsx

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PS//I`ve since had Reiki and it has helped.

Boudsx

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Thanks Jen, I was diagnosed 13 years ago. I tend to only see my neurophysio when I have problems, which are usually with walking, haven’t seen an MS nurse or neurologist in person since diagnosis. Thanks for the tip about the stress ball, I’ll get on Amazon now and order one!

Thanks again

Becky x

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Thanks Bouds, I’m glad you got yours sorted out, or at least identified. There isn’t anything obvious I can think of but I’ll definitely get it checked out when all this madness is over! It’s sometimes hard to remember that not everything is MS related.

Thanks again

Becky x

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Be sure you aren’t b12 deficient - it can cause numb fingers and if you have pernicious anaemia you can’t improve it regardless of a healthy b12-rich diet - you would need injections which actually work great

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If you have Pernicious Anaemia the B12 injections are necessary for life, try telling that to gp in UK at the moment. Most are replacing lifelong injections with tablets which are totally useless if you have PA rather than b12 dietary deficiency because with PA you can’t absorb.