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obelix

Numbness - how does it feel?

Hi, I have been diagnosed with RIS (Radiologically Isolated Syndrome) - basically I have quite some lesions that I accidentally found out about, but never had any symptoms (female, 29-years old). I have a 6-month old daughter and about 3 months ago I started to experience some kind of numbness in my back. My back hurts frequently when I lift her and I do not pay attention to keeping a correct position of my whole body, but sometimes, maybe one per month, I feel some kind of diffuse numbness that goes away in 2-3 minutes if I correct my back's position. A few of days ago I started to feel this numbness again, in various areas of my back. It lasts under a minute and then disappears, only to reappear in another area, some hours later or the next day. How would you describe the numbness you feel? Is it diffuse? Does it last long? Do you feel it in the same area all the time or it changes area every time it reappears? I'm trying to figure out whether I should consider it a first symptom of MS or not. I'm quite confused.
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@Stumbler
@Stumbler
 

Hi @obelix , aren't you a friend of Asterix the Gaul? Or am I showing my age? MS can present with an infuriating array of sysmptoms, https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/symptoms . If you experience some localised back numbness after lifting a weight, sorry, your daughter, then this could well be a posture problem. So, how did you accidentally find out about your lesions? RIS seems to be a new term these days. There's been a few terms used over the past years, Transverse Myelitis, Clinically Isolated Syndrome (CIS), etc.. These aren't definitive diagnoses, just an acknowledgement that something's gone on and a wait and see approach has been decided. Dr Google won't help you answer this conundrum. So, go and see your GP and get referred back to Neurology to explore this further.

@potter
@potter
 

I have had a numb area diagonally across my back for ten years it comes and goes and it always in the same area. My thighs go numb after I have been standing for a while, if I sit down it will go away, if there is no place to sit the numb areas will start burning. My numb areas feel like my foot does when it has fallen asleep when it first starts. Potter