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@Kate862

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Kate862

Painful problem

Hi I’m new here I have never posted before, I have a painful problem that I hope someone can help me with ,I have pain throughout the day at random times more often than not and night as well, it’s a pain in my head face left shoulder and shoulder blade it happens only on the left side, it takes a ...
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@Joajoa

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Joajoa

Painful joints

Does anyone get painful joints with their ms? I’m currently go through a bad patch I can’t seem to shake , with usual fatigue etc. However my joints hurt too, particularly fingers and wrists, but also ankles and knees and elbows. I can’t decide whether to speak to GP in case it’s something else or n...
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@Janbizzy

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Janbizzy

Anyone have any advice or solutions for extremely painful foot cramps?

I get extremely painful foot cramps that come and go like contractions. Any advice? It happens randomly but almost always when I’m driving😩
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@MFlemDix

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MFlemDix

Painful hands.

Has anyone got advice on how to deal with sore hands? It started a couple of days ago, I feel as if my hands are black and blue, they're slightly swollen and my grip is decreased. To be honest, it's starting to [email protected]#s me off 😒 Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Henley on Thames, United Kingdom
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@Laura1982

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Laura1982

hip/ back spasticity is so painful!

Hi all Im new here.I was diagnosed with RRMS In 2016 while pregnant with my 3rd baby. It was totally out of the blue I had never been investigated before for it. Im on Tecfidera since she was born october 2016 and have had no new lesions. Ive had a weaked left side since the first lesion in 2016. i ...
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@Nell

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Nell

Ocrevus - painful armpits!!!!!

Hello - I started Ocrevus in Feb 2019 and had by 2nd full infusion in Aug 2019. Since starting it I've had painful armpits - particularly first thing in the morning - (feels like inflamed glands/bit like pre period pain) - also I get the same tenderness behind my knees!! Has anyone else had anything...
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@Dawn_H

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Dawn_H

Swollen and very painful feet and ankles

For the past 3 weeks my feet and ankles have swollen and very painful, I'm just wondering if anyone else has experienced that and if so have you any advice how to help them.
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@BongzaWaAfrika

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BongzaWaAfrika

Hi guys is there anyone having a problem of legs painful after bath?

Yes
Middelburg, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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@Richelle

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Richelle

I need to stop painful electric shocks!

I'm looking for someone who has a similar symptom as me. I'm told it's Lhermitte's Sign, but with me it's different. It starts with my eyes shaking, I start feeling electric shocks behind my right ear (extremely painful), then the shocks shoot down my right arm. I cannot figure out what triggers it,...
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@Skiathos21

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Skiathos21

Scared with painful arm

Hi all... Still not diagnosed. MS specialist yesterday said he is now sending my latest MRI report and a list of my symptoms to Kings hospital to see what they say. Failing that it’s an LP. I have many symptoms and this has been ongoing for a year but today I woke up and was the first time I actuall...
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@TrudyG

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TrudyG

Painful Legs

Hi need some advise. Mum has MS and lives with my brother. Over the past year she has lost a lot of mobility in her legs. Now should we push her to get up and use them as we have been told “use it or lose it”. She complains of pains in the legs and they are especially painful the next day if we do p...
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@Katherine_Toogood

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Katherine_Toogood

painfull feet

I have M S and am wheel chair bound. at night when I sleep, I have to sleep in a recliner me feet ache so bad and my legs keep moving around, they also hurt with pain when I am in the wheel chair, does any one else get this
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@Shuffles76

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Shuffles76

Painful legs...

I have been having trouble recently with pain in my legs and lower back. The pain is constant even when sitting. It is like going to the gym and having intense muscle fatigue after a hard session!! 😊 Any ideas on how to deal with this or what I can do to ease the pain. Thanks. Xx
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@Lisa_Sheppard

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Painful leg spasms

Hello y'all I'm having unrelenting muscle spasm in my legs up to my hips. I take baclofin gabapentin Tylenol and ibruprophin all day every day. I can be active for a couple of hours and then another 💊cocktail. This is all day every day. Iw want to know if this is an episodean episode or the progr...
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@Kinga

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Kinga

Lumbar Puncture and painful stiff neck?

I had a LP done 4 days ago and the pain in a neck when Im sited just got worse today. It's really stiff and hurts more when I move head or talk. Is it normal? Or should I see a doc? Im fine when I'm flat in bed but can't work or sit at all...I do drink a lot coffee and water etc After a LP doc tol...
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@Kinga

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Kinga

Painfully leg/calf when walking

Hi Guys, My lower leg gets really painful after 10min of walking. Something like shin splits or something. What the hell is it? Need to sit down to bend my knees and stretch
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@Noelie

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Noelie

Painful comments

Just need to vent. I have mobility issue, wear a foot splint, but hip flexor playing up as well combined with high heat sensitivity. My answer is a micro scooter (the type all the kids have), I've had it for over a year now. It is my life saviour, I put my nearly dead left leg on it, and scoot with ...
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@Healthcare

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Healthcare

painful feet and rubber legs, gabapentin

does anyone suffer with extreme painful feet espeicially when they go to bed my consultant has upped my gabapentin from 600mg 2 x daily to 900mg 3x daily its only been a week but its made no difference and im certain ive put on weight and my mobility seems worse, i also suffer with tremors in both h...
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@Hooper

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Hooper

Painful to sit

Hi..I have had two cases of optic neuritis and been diagnosed with ms but for the last year I have also suffered with similar symptoms as coccydynea. Xrays and MRI shows no sign of coccyx injury and today doc tells me after internally examining my rectum he thinks my painful rear could be ms related...
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@bennoakes

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bennoakes

Painful symptons in the night

Hello everyone, I'm not sure wether this is MS related or not. I wanted to see if anyone here experiences the same thing. At night after at least every hour of sleep I'm woken up by the extreme pain I'm getting down the side I'm laying on? If it's on my back the pain is around the bone at the top ...
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