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@Mags7 

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Mags7

MS HUG

Has anyone experienced this?? I got rushed to hospital yesterday with chest pains that wouldn’t go away. I was worried it was my heart (my brother had a heart attack in March) so I wasn’t taking any chances. The hospital were great. Ruled out my heart and lungs. Now thinking it could be this
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@Laur3n89 

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Laur3n89

Never had ms hug…

Since last night I’ve had a tight pain in the middle of my chest. It’s not a breathing tightness and doesn’t feel like I’m being squeezed so I’m baffled what this could be. I’ve read up on ms hug, says it could last for hours but not sure it is! Any thoughts?
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@Emma82 

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Emma82

MS HUG!?!

I thought I was dying literally doubled over in agony went to the docs and tells me it's a hug! ....and now I'm thinking this man is crazy i know what a hug is it's nice and warming this was like someone had shoved a load of elastic bands around me waiting for the top to pop off ... jeez I don't wan...
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@staceyc89 

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staceyc89

MS hug

Hi, hope everyone’s coping in the heat!! Can an MS hug be sort of navel/height and round that height?
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@Rocco10 

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Rocco10

MS Hug?

New to this diagnoses but have had crazy things going on for awhile. Can you have an MS hug around your waist/hips that makes it hard to sit, then hard to stand-walk? Im trying to blow it off and do a lot of stretching, but, it doesn't really relieve it, sometimes makes it worse.. TIA
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@Cojabri 

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Cojabri

Abdominal Pain MS Hug?

Can the MS Hug (ridiculous name 🙄) cause upper abdominal pain? Has anyone experienced it presenting this way? Thank you!
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@kellybaker 

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Spent most of Saturday afternoon/evening in the ER I thought it was just Ms hug but I couldn't have more wrong, had a CT scan and they found blood clots in both lungs didn't have to stay but I'm back on blood thinners doc says the causeay be sitting around to much unfortunately I don't have much choice I'm home by myself most of the time so it isn't like I can go wandering around plus I'm stuck in a wheelchair most of the time, I can use a walker but I feel safer in my chair kind of a double edged sword

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@loloann 

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loloann

Was it an MS Hug?

Right side upper-mid back to the lower back and wrapped around to right side. It was this severe “tightness & burning like an over worked muscle. The worst part was every time I tried to inhale it intensified to the point of tears. In order to breathe I had to take really shallow breaths. No positio...
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@meanna 

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meanna

Can anyone explain what the ms hug is and feels like

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@MindyKissel 

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MindyKissel

What’s a MS Hug?

What’s considered a MS hug? My chest feels like someone is sitting on it. My neck, shoulders, upper back and neck feel like they are on fire.
Winchester, United States
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