Have i got ms, or something else?

Question:

Im a 27 year old female, last year i suffered from these terrible bouts of pins and needles, Doctor assumed it was just anxiety, i was sent to neurologist he sent me for a mri that came back normal, since then i have been having muscle spasms, pins and needles have stopped, some people are attacked in the spinal cord with ms should my neurologist have checked for that as he did'nt, im really scared the doctors have missed something, im now having spasms in my face, i wasn't before, i keep going back to the doctors worried about them but they do nothing, what do i have to do to get some answers, i have a 4yr old boy and 2 babys on the way i want to be here for them. and im really scared i won't be. am i worried about nothing, or is it ms or something else

Answers:
i couldnt tell you for sure if it is MS, it kind of sounds like it but then it doesnt. my advice, go to a different doctor, and keep changing until you find someone who can help you.

I have MS and because you are having these symptoms while you are pregnant it's probably NOT MS. MS is a disease where your immune system attacks the myelin (or insulation) around the nerves in your brain and spinal cord. Where you grew up (people who lived up north before puberty are at a much higher risk than people who grew up in the south or where there was more sun) is a big factor as is your ancestry (people of Northern European descent are the most common people who get it). (Symptoms can be tingling but facial spasms sound more like perhaps Bells Palsy or something else.) MS is controlled by turning down the patien'ts overactive immune systems. When a woman is pregnant, her immune system is turned down so that her ability to reject a foreign body (the baby) is reduced. B/c of that most women with MS feel GREAT and have no MS symptoms at all during pregnancy (though they may get a relapse when they deliver and their immune system bounces back to normal levels.)
If your only symptom is pins and needles, and if they follow a dermatome (nerve pathway) an MRI could detect whether the nerves are being irritated by anything in the spinal cord. If not, you might want to check for lyme disease, diabetes and other diseases that cause numbness and tingling.
For MS you doctors would want to do a brain MRI with and without contrast. The MRI will let them see any brain lesions. Multiple lesions (also known as scars or "sclerosis") are the primary way MS is diagnosed though it is often confirmed by a spinal tap and other tests. Still, symptoms while you are pregnant are probably a sign that you don't have MS, though depending on where your symptoms are you may need to have nerve conduction studies, etc.
If you have numbness and tingling in both hands and feet, that is called "stocking and glove" syndrome and it is typical of diabetes, though gestational diabetes can cause that. Your OB/GYN should know how your sugar is and might have some ideas.
Not sure how helpful that is but it doesn't sound like MS.

Have i got ms, or something else?

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