Evening all, diagnosed less than a month ago, and one of my main symptoms is numbness in my left hand, is there treatments or anything else that can help as my right hand has started going too
I am sorry about your diagnosis. The best way to deal with RRMS damage is to head it off before it happens, and that means taking a disease modifying treatment that will minimise the chances of future relapses and reduce the severity of any that sneak through.
If you feel your current relapse spreading rather than receding, you need to tell your neurologist. You might need steroids to calm things down.
Assuming you are in the U.K. you should be allocated to a MS Nurse or team. They should be able to arrange an appointment with a Neurological Physiotherapist who should be able to give you some exercises that will help your body work round the damage. Not an area I have had a problem with. Talking to a lady who had injured herself skiing who had retrained her hand as the impulses were going to the wrong fingers. In the meantime I would do sequential finger touches. I find this helps when I have slept awkwardly. Also some exercise classes use a tennis ball to squeeze transfer and stretch.
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Hi Tattooman, im with you my right arm went numb months ago and i had a coatse of steriods, still numb and told by ms nurse they will review after a year. Last week my left hand has also started to go numb and weaker, im waiting result of test to make sure no infection then need ring ms nurse back, please get in touch with yours and see what they say, let me know how you get on, it can be scary going through these things
My left hand is still pretty numb but its better than it was, starting ocrevus soon so hopefully things settle down for a bit, ive joined the gym again after months but find the exercise helps with pain and numbness
Thats good do lets us know how you get on, yeah i do what i can was just gutted that it had started in 2nd arm, glad tojr getting some relief
Where is it at on the 2nd arm, mine started in my fingers and traveled up, it started in my finger of my right arm but hasnt moved since july, just feels slightly worse when im run down or ill, what are they doing for you
2nd arm started in fingers and now down full hand, right arm started the same and it is numb from my elbow down, not sure yet spoke to ms nurse who advised sample to check no infection then when results back have to ring them, last time they put me in steroids for a week