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Spinal stenosis

Posted by rhondavon @rhondavon, 3 days ago

How does one know the difference between spinal stenosis symptoms and MS symptoms.

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dlydailyhope | @dlydailyhope | 3 days ago

@rhondavon
I had many symptoms and went to a neurologist who wanted to rule out MS. He did a MRI of my brain and ran blood tests. This ruled out MS (no lesions were found on my MRI). Then, he had me get cervical and lumbar MRIs and did EMG/nerve conduction studies of upper and lower limbs. This showed spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, bone spurs, disc bulges, arthritis, spinal cord compression/flattening (myelopathy), radiculopathy, etc. I was also tested for small fiber neuropathy with a skin punch biopsy of my thigh and ankle which was positive (determined to be idiopathic).

What are your symptoms and what tests have you had by specialists so far?

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rhondavon | @rhondavon | 2 days ago
In reply to @dlydailyhope "@rhondavon I had many symptoms and went to a neurologist who wanted to rule out MS...." + (show)
@dlydailyhope

@rhondavon
I had many symptoms and went to a neurologist who wanted to rule out MS. He did a MRI of my brain and ran blood tests. This ruled out MS (no lesions were found on my MRI). Then, he had me get cervical and lumbar MRIs and did EMG/nerve conduction studies of upper and lower limbs. This showed spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease, bone spurs, disc bulges, arthritis, spinal cord compression/flattening (myelopathy), radiculopathy, etc. I was also tested for small fiber neuropathy with a skin punch biopsy of my thigh and ankle which was positive (determined to be idiopathic).

What are your symptoms and what tests have you had by specialists so far?

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Well I'm lucky to have 3 osis diseases (Multiple Sclerosis, Spinal Stenosis, and Osteoporosis) I hope the spine clinic in Rochester can help me

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