Has anybody with ms experienced this
Hello everybody I hope all is well.. I’m a 36 year old female who’s been reading about a lot of you since September (sorry this is going to be long) okay so I had an mri done back in September due to a car accident I had back in 2022 the results came in && my doctor sent me to see a neurologist because the results from the mri showed a lesion in my c2-c3 area very small 3mm i am now going through a Ms work up they did another mri in November everything still looked the same all I have ever had was a tingling feeling in my left toes and left hand which actually I haven’t had in about 2-3 months but I been having an electric shock feeling in my finger tips that comes randomly for months now a couple of days ago I had the first dose of the hpv vaccine and woke up the following morning with my hands feeling like I was bitten by 100 mosquitoes (sorry but that’s the best way I can describe it ) fingers were a lil swollen and they itched so bad my hands are fine now but the itching is now in my feet I have read a lot about Ms and a lot about the studies done between ms and the hpv vaccine and see that they feel there isn’t any real connections between the two I don’t know I guess my question has anybody experienced Symptoms like this due to ms or after having the hpv vaccine if you had it I’m sorry I know my message might be all over the place I really didn’t think I would ever write in here but I’m just so over whelmed and I’m just tired of bringing up how I feel to my close family members that know I’m going through this nobody in my family is familiar wit ms so I just feel nobody understands how scared and over whelm I am of not knowing if do have ms and feel like I'm just annoying them every time I try to vent
Thank you so much for opening up and sharing what you’ve been going through—it’s not easy to be so vulnerable, especially when everything feels scary and uncertain. It’s also totally okay to feel like your family doesn’t fully get it. A lot of members in this community have been there when talking about symptoms that are invisible or strange, it can make people uncomfortable, or they just don’t know how to respond. But please don’t ever feel like you're a burden for needing to talk. That’s why we're here. To vent, to ask questions, to feel understood. Back to your concern, the tingling in the toes and fingers, electric shock feelings (like little zaps), and itching sensations are actually things many people with MS describe, especially the tingling and electric shocks, which are sometimes called Lhermitte's sign when they happen with certain head movements. But even with that, it doesn’t necessarily mean you have MS. That said, your body is unique, your itching and swelling could’ve been a temporary reaction to the vaccine, or something totally separate. The best course of action would be to talk to your doctor. They're the ones who can piece together all the information and provide the most accurate guidance. I hope you can get some other input and clarity soon! -Latoya (Team Member)
