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hi again! so my question is how do you know personally that you’re having a flare up or relapse? my first flare up was similar to drunken vision and I was diagnosed immediately but these past 2-3 days ive been overly exhausted, I have sciatic pain and a migraine that’s been on and off, idk if it’s a flare up/relapse or not because i’m still relatively new to knowing what is and isn’t MS
You won't know for 100% certain unless you have an MRI. However...... Generally the rule of thumb is that if you have a sudden onset of a new symptom that lasts for more than 48 hours then it is potentially a relapse (new lesion / activity) and warrants a call to your MS nurse. Whereas a sudden aggravation in existing symptoms, which were before hand residue, is generally a flare / pseudo relapse (no new lesions) anc occurs as a result of a cold, infection, extreme temperature or stress etc.
@RC83 oh okay! thank you for the heads up!! I meet my neuro this saturday so i’ll bring it up then as well and see where we go from there ((: