I am a 27 year old male. In great shape, works outs and competes in amature endurance races. Sysmptoms; eye twitching, foot and hand cramps, sharp stingers in my neck from simple movements, knots that will form at the base of the skull that will last for a month, speech issues sometimes and triping on my toes everyday durring simple walking. I once had numbness start in my hand and move up into my left side face. I generaly feel good and play off everyting to a active life style, over working out and so forth. My family has a history of MS and things like neck pains, numbness, speech impairment make me concerned. My mom has 2-3 sisters with MS, and now maybe two other cousins on the same side of the family. Any input would be great!!
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2/19/11 8:15am
Hi cautious,
How frustrating all of your symptoms mst be.
I don't think you mentioned something that does not sound like MS. You know that. However, did you know there are other conditions with those symptoms as well?
It would be a good idea to chat with your doctor and see if you can get a diagnosis proces started. The quicker you get a definite diagnosis, the earlier you can start a treatment. Early treatment is always a good idea. I can imagine how worried you are after watching your mother and her sisters, and then beginning to experience all these symptoms
Please get your doctor involved. And in the meantime, keep working out so you remain in good shape. Let us know what the doctor says. Good luck.
2/19/11 11:01am
Hi cautious,
I agree completely with Vicki. It must be difficult to acknowledge (truly, deep down) that these symptoms could very well be MS.....or maybe something else. Talk to your doctor. Be sure to inform him/her about your family history of MS and any other disorders. It's better to get things started to find out what to do to help your symptoms in the meantime.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
2/19/11 4:21pm
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Hi,
I'm not as young as you (50 years now), and like you I'm not diagnosed, but the doctors started looking into my symptoms and talking about MS while I was still very physically fit and active. Looking back I can see where I had symptoms back when I was your age. It's frustrating to have some of these issues when you're otherwise feeling healthy, strong, and active.
In 2006 I was serving in an Army Special Forces unit in Iraq. It was over 130 degrees in the hottest part of the day and I could still work 16 hours, train beside troops less than 1/2 my age, and then go to the gym and work out for another hour or so (in my abundant free time - lol). Sometime early in that tour I lost most of the vision in my left eye. I chalked it up to accidentally getting a laser weapons sight pointed at me and I didn't go to the docs (stupid!) and it gradually went away. If I had it to do all over again I would have gotten checked out for optic neuritis. (That's what the docs think it was now.) I may have a diagnosis by now and be getting some treatment, instead of waiting in limbo for another symptom and another lesion to aid diagnosis.
I guess the point I'm clumsily trying to make is to listen to your body and take care of yourself. MS is unpredictable and not limited to one gender or a particular age. It's also very hard to diagnose. As stated above, there are other things with similar symptoms (Lyme disease comes to mind as something that active outdoorsy people can be exposed to). As stated, you should be seen by a doctor soon. Get a comprehensive physical to set a baseline for your complete health as it exists now so that you and the docs can objectively measure future changes.
Take care of yourself.