The sooner Multiple Sclerosis is diagnosed, the less pain patients have to go through. Early signs and symptoms of MS can manifest quickly or over a period of many years, but knowing what they are is the best way to know when it’s time to see a doctor. Getting diagnosed right away provides people with the necessary medications to manage symptoms, prevent the disease from progressing, and reduce the number of relapses.
A short list of typical early symptoms of MS contains sensations such as tingling and numbness of an extremity or the face, a loss of balance, seeing double or having blurred vision, or feeling weakness in the arms, legs, hands, or feet. Additional, yet less common, symptoms include; cognitive difficulties, slurred speech, lack of coordination, or a sudden occurrence of paralysis of a limb or limbs.
It is possible for any of these signs and symptoms of MS to come and go for a week, month, or years at a time. Many individuals recall having a number of MS symptoms many years before they were actually diagnosed as having the disease.
If left unattended, any of the primary symptoms mentioned above can progress into secondary or tertiary symptoms. Muscle spasms, fatigue, sexual dysfunction, heat intolerance, or changes in perception are symptoms that may manifest later MS progresses.
When asking, “What are the signs and symptoms of MS?” to a doctor, you should be provided with a detailed list. Besides the ones mentioned above, the following signs and symptoms should also be listed: dizziness, impaired thinking, itching or burning pains, stabbing sensations, difficulty swallowing, problems controlling bladder or bowel functions, tremors, seizures, or breathing problems.
Signs and Symptoms of MS in Women
MS is diagnosed most often in people between the ages of 20 and 40, with about half of this group being women. It seems once puberty sets in, the number of females with Multiple Sclerosis greatly increases, whereas before puberty, males tend to make up the larger population of MS patients. The signs and symptoms of MS in adults vary from those seen in children, but they are very similar between men and women.
Women with MS tend to have issues with the eyes, such as pain when eye movement takes place, involuntary eye movement, as well as blurred or double vision. Sometimes they also have trouble tracking an item with their eyes. Feeling fatigue by the early afternoon isn’t uncommon among women with MS and occasionally this extreme tiredness is in conjunction with fever.
Weakness in the arms and legs or even a slight electrical sensation is reported by women MS patients. The heat does tend to aggravate this condition, so remaining indoors where it is cooler or taking a cool shower to lower body heat seems to help. Stress, infection, or physical trauma has shown to exacerbate many of these early signs and symptoms of MS in both men and women.
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