Multiple sclerosis how does it feel

This can happen when the nerves that control the muscles in the mouth and throat become damaged. It can also be a result of numbness of the mouth and throat, or mouth dryness due to medication. A speech or language pathologist can teach you strategies and exercises for safer eating and swallowing, and help you make any necessary dietary changes. Some people who have MS experience dysesthesias, or painful sensations in the legs, feet, arms, and hands. They typically feel like burning, prickling, stabbing, ice cold, or electrical sensations, according to the NMSS.

Pruritis itching is a form of dysesthesias. When you have MS, the nerves in the central nervous system that convey sensory information can be damaged. This damage can cause you to feel itchy even though you don't see any irritation. Because the cause is neurological and not physical like a bug bite or rash , topical skin creams won't help. Treatment for this type pain or itching may include anti-seizure medications, anti-depressants, as well as acupuncture, mindfulness, meditation, and cognitive behavioral therapy CBT.

Rarely, hearing loss can occur as the first symptom of the disease. Hearing loss in MS can be linked to damaged nerve pathways in the brain and the brainstem. Be sure to talk to your healthcare provider to determine what is causing your impaired hearing. Tremors , or uncontrollable or involuntary shaking, can occur in various body parts as a result of MS-related damage to the nerve pathways that coordinate movements, notes the NMSS.

The most common type of tremor and most disabling that occurs in MS is known as an intention tremor. Tremor can make it challenging to perform daily activities like eating, drinking, and getting dressed, and can cause some people to feel embarrassed and to avoid social situations. Your healthcare provider may try different medications to treat tremor, but finding an effective treatment can be difficult. On the morning of her son's graduation, Prada finally saw a specialist. Today her fatigue is near-constant.

Her new attitude isn't to "fight" or "battle" the disease. Thinking of my body as a buddy that is doing the best she can made me feel like I had some control. It made me feel like I could help my body continue to do as much as possible for as long as possible.

Tolson is the first to admit that MS can shift the physical and emotional dynamics between partners. You have tingling and numbness in your legs and in your arms and just being brushed by somebody may feel awful," she explains.

Joining separate support groups helped Tolson and her husband by allowing them to vent about her condition without taking any frustration out on each other: "I don't try to pretend what it's like being in his shoes, because I don't know what it's like to be worried all the time that the person you love is going to get worse. Tolson's main concern is "staying as great as I am right now," she says.

The former Rockette was back on stage two years ago for an alumni performance, and she's been teaching dance on the weekends ever since retiring from Radio City in Fourteen years ago, Bryant began to experience vision loss and eye pain, which "felt like someone was squeezing my eyeball with a wrench," he says.

He saw an eye specialist but was told that everything was fine. Another year passed before Bryant visited a neurologist who informed him that he had optic neuritis, inflammation of the bundle of nerve fibers that transmits visual information from the eye to the brain.

For many people, it is the first indication of MS. All I remember is walking away thinking, MS is the disease that puts you in a wheelchair ," he says. Bryant went through a difficult relapse in that landed him in the hospital. I felt extreme tingling throughout my body, and I couldn't stop throwing up. I went to rehab and pretty much had to learn how to walk again. See your GP if you're worried you might have early signs of MS. The symptoms can be similar to several other conditions, so they're not necessarily caused by MS.

It's often described as an overwhelming sense of exhaustion that means it's a struggle to carry out even the simplest activities. Fatigue can significantly interfere with your daily activities and tends to get worse towards the end of each day, in hot weather, after exercising, or during illness. In around 1 in 4 cases of MS, the first noticeable symptom is a problem with one of your eyes optic neuritis. This often takes the form of numbness or tingling in different parts of your body, such as the arms, legs or trunk, which typically spreads out over a few days.

MS can make walking and moving around difficult, particularly if you also have muscle weakness and spasticity. Back, neck and joint pain can be indirectly caused by MS, particularly for people who have problems walking or moving around that puts pressure on their lower back or hips.

Some people with MS have problems with thinking, learning and planning, known as cognitive dysfunction. But many of these problems aren't specific to MS and can be caused by a wide range of other conditions, including depression and anxiety, or even some medicines. Many people with MS experience periods of depression. It's unclear whether this is directly caused by MS or the result of the stress of having to live with a long-term condition, or both. Anxiety can also be a problem for people with MS, possibly because of the unpredictable nature of the condition.

In rare cases, people with MS can experience rapid and severe mood swings, suddenly bursting into tears, laughing, or shouting angrily for no apparent reason. Men with MS often find it hard to obtain or maintain an erection erectile dysfunction. They may also find it takes a lot longer to ejaculate when having sex or masturbating, and may even lose the ability to ejaculate altogether. For women, problems include difficulty reaching orgasm, as well as decreased vaginal lubrication and sensation.