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GoTheDistance

Without a lumbar puncture

Wondering if anyone has been diagnosed without a lumbar puncture?
@Stumbler

@gothedistance , it's quite possible, although Neuros like to use it, just to confirm what everything else is saying. A formal diagnosis of MS has to satisfy the McDonald Criteria, which doesn't always insist on it :- https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/mcdonald-criteria

@PeterFrancis

@gothedistance I received my diagnosis a few weeks before a lumbar puncture was done, based on an MRI and various other tests.