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@Jkoiou 

6 Aug 2025 10:55Last reply 8 Aug 2025 15:38

Jkoiou

Question about MS Hug

For the last few years I've had a lot of back pain. I equated the pain to lower muscle strength and weight gain in my abdomen (only place it shows :/), and the exercise I had started helped a little. But over the last 3 months, with a move of homes and unable to continue my exercises because we pac...
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@Detrucci 

31 Jul 2025 15:37Last reply 5 Aug 2025 10:24

Detrucci

Got MS hug again

Past 2 days I felt MS hug again 😔 I hope it doesnt become permanent and is just a phase like last time I had it
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@kyrgyzkiwi 

20 Jul 2025 05:47Last reply 21 Jul 2025 03:26

kyrgyzkiwi

Anyone getting the MS hug?

I’ve heard folk talk about this and am not 100% sure what it is. I have a continuous tightness around my waist, its only relived by lying down. Is this the MS hug?
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@Carlos 

19 May 2025 10:02Last reply 21 May 2025 11:16

Carlos

Hi does anyone else suffer from severe pain in the hip, it usually coincides with ms hug around my waist area, Im just wondering if its an ms thing or something else, as soon as the stabbing pain arrivesit can disappear just as quick.thanks David

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@bri1226 

20 May 2025 20:59Last reply 21 May 2025 01:44

bri1226

Hi, I'm new here/MS Hug

There is something I have to ask. I was recently diagnosed with MS after a brain MRI. I need to know what this MS hug is. Please read: 25 years ago when I was pregnant with my youngest there was a moment when he stuffed his little foot in my rib. About a year later I started to notice intense pain ...
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@happymagnolia 

15 May 2025 14:51

happymagnolia

Ms Hug

Lately I’ve been dealing with a new symptom, this tightness around my mid section that can be painful at times. I don’t want to believe that it is ms hug can it be anything else?
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@Carlos 

12 May 2025 11:55Last reply 12 May 2025 12:26

Carlos

Hi I have rrms but latley I seem to be having more episides than usual , I am pretty used with tingling down one leg and regular pain in my sides which I believe is somthing called the ms hug which is reall annoying, but latley I have been experiencing servere pain in my lower jaw and teeth which happen when I touch a certain part of my bottom lip, even licking my lip can set it of, a few days ago it got scary when I was unable to talk due to the pain when simply trying to speak, I am currently on copaxone, this is the first time I have spoke about my ms on a forum apart from speaking to my long suffering partner ( who has to endure my whinging ) I just would like to know if anyone else has this sort of pain and any advice on how to deal with it . Thanks David

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@condansmum 

9 May 2025 13:43Last reply 9 May 2025 13:46

condansmum

MS hug

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@goisgreat87 

22 Apr 2025 16:42Last reply 2 May 2025 17:26

goisgreat87

Ms hug?

Does anyone have any tips or tricks for the ms hug cuz this feels more like a bear hug right now .. thanks keep fighting 🧡
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@jomo93 

8 Mar 2025 02:05Last reply 2 May 2025 17:26

jomo93

How do u manage ms hug

Hey guys how do u manage ms hug
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