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Leg Weakness and Mobility Issues

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I would have them check your cervical spine. I had spinal cord compression and flattening which affected many things below c5-c6 (arms/hands/leg weakness and heaviness in legs when walking, bladder control affected, etc.). I needed to have ACDF surgery to relieve the pressure. It is an urgent issue to address because it can cause permanent injury to your spinal cord. Viruses can also wreck havoc on your nervous system. Did you ever have or get tested for mononucleosis (Epstein Barr), chickenpox, Covid, etc.)? You may want to look up AIDP/CIDP to see if your symptoms align and get testing for it (believe special bloodwork and spinal tap is needed). Best wishes getting answers…you are so young and need proper diagnosis and treatment.

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I have never gotten tested for mono or chickenpox sinceI've never had symptoms for those. Same with covid, never had it to my knowledge but I do wonder if my bad cold in January was actually covid and I just didn't know since I didn't get tested. I was told I could get a cervical and thoracic MRI, but since my brain and lumbar were normal/clean, those probably would be too and not show abnormalities like lesions that would indicate MS. I looked up CIDP but don't think it is that since EMG is something that diagnoses it and mine was normal results.