Numbness, Tingling and Pain in the Hands:
Symptoms of MS include numbness or tingling in the hands. The tingling sensation is often described as “pins and needles” and can be painful. Additional descriptions include a tight or squeezing sensation, deep aching, electrical shocks or sensation of freezing or burning. Management usually requires medications prescribed by your neurologist.
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Numbness, Tingling, Altered sensation:
Altered sensations (paresthesias), such as numbness or tingling, are some of the most common symptoms in MS. Paresthesias may affect any part of the body and may be the first symptom for many people who are eventually diagnosed with MS. In most instances, these sensations are simply an annoyance. However, in some cases it can be severe and debilitating, making tasks such as walking, writing, and dressing difficult.
Numbness and tingling (pins and needles) are the most common examples of paresthesias in MS. Other examples include a feeling of water trickling down part of your body, itching, tickling, burning, freezing, pricking, jabbing, electric shocks or a tight squeezing sensation often called the “MS Hug” when it involves the body trunk. These symptoms can be chronic (persisting for long periods of time) or transient (lasting for only a short period of time).
What happens to cause numbness or tingling? The symptoms of numbness and tingling, as well as other paresthesias, occur in MS due to damage to nerves resulting from demyelination. Demyelination results in loss of the myelin covering or sheath surrounding neurons, exposing part of the nerve called the axon. Without the myelin covering, nerve impulses traveling along axons can escape in the same way electricity escapes from a wire that has lost its plastic covering, causing a short-circuit. The abnormal sensations of numbness and tingling are a kind of short-circuiting of electrical nerve impulses that happens when nerves are damaged. Interestingly, the abnormal sensations may be most prominent after a relapse has subsided during the recovery phase.
Symptoms of MS include numbness or tingling in the hands. The tingling sensation is often described as “pins and needles” and can be painful. Additional descriptions include a tight or squeezing sensation, deep aching, electrical shocks or sensation of freezing or burning. Management usually requires medications prescribed by your neurologist.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/about_5347538_signs-symptoms-ms-pain-hands.html#ixzz2aBviwkm1
Numbness, Tingling, Altered sensation:
Altered sensations (paresthesias), such as numbness or tingling, are some of the most common symptoms in MS. Paresthesias may affect any part of the body and may be the first symptom for many people who are eventually diagnosed with MS. In most instances, these sensations are simply an annoyance. However, in some cases it can be severe and debilitating, making tasks such as walking, writing, and dressing difficult.
Numbness and tingling (pins and needles) are the most common examples of paresthesias in MS. Other examples include a feeling of water trickling down part of your body, itching, tickling, burning, freezing, pricking, jabbing, electric shocks or a tight squeezing sensation often called the “MS Hug” when it involves the body trunk. These symptoms can be chronic (persisting for long periods of time) or transient (lasting for only a short period of time).
What happens to cause numbness or tingling? The symptoms of numbness and tingling, as well as other paresthesias, occur in MS due to damage to nerves resulting from demyelination. Demyelination results in loss of the myelin covering or sheath surrounding neurons, exposing part of the nerve called the axon. Without the myelin covering, nerve impulses traveling along axons can escape in the same way electricity escapes from a wire that has lost its plastic covering, causing a short-circuit. The abnormal sensations of numbness and tingling are a kind of short-circuiting of electrical nerve impulses that happens when nerves are damaged. Interestingly, the abnormal sensations may be most prominent after a relapse has subsided during the recovery phase.
Are there treatments for numbness? Pharmaceutical treatments for numbness or tingling are available. However, because these symptoms are typically mild and harmless, treatment is usually not required. In cases where the symptom is severe a number of medications, usually in a class of drugs called anticonvulsants (e.g. gabapentin, carbamezipine, oxcarbezipine, phenytoin and others) may be prescribed to lessen symptoms. If the symptoms are associated with a relapse, corticosteroids may be used to decrease CNS inflammation and provide temporary relief. In most cases, numbness will clear up as an MS attack or exacerbation resolves.
Source: http://multiplesclerosis.net/symptoms/numbness-tingling/
Involuntary Movements in the Hands
Some patients with MS will also experience involuntary movements in their hands, that can take the form of spasms, tremors or muscle twitches. The patient is unable to control the movement, which can be distracting and interfere with dexterity. Muscle spasms can be repetitive and painful. All of these abnormal movements require evaluation by a neurologist and may benefit from pharmacological management.
Source: http://multiplesclerosis.net/symptoms/numbness-tingling/
Involuntary Movements in the Hands
Some patients with MS will also experience involuntary movements in their hands, that can take the form of spasms, tremors or muscle twitches. The patient is unable to control the movement, which can be distracting and interfere with dexterity. Muscle spasms can be repetitive and painful. All of these abnormal movements require evaluation by a neurologist and may benefit from pharmacological management.
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