BrotatoChip
07-10-14, 23:39
So I've posted on this forum before, concerning my fear of getting a fatal aneurysm, which I have gotten over. I've now recently developed a new fear which is MS.
A bit of background, I'm a 19y/o male who would consider himself healthy enough. Over the past years I've developed a habit of worrying too much about everything health related.
But into the meat-and-potatoes; My fear of MS has arisen because of strange tingling sensations I've been getting on my arms. When it happens, both my forearms up to my hands start tingling in "waves" and the tingling lasts anything from 10 to 40 minutes. The tingling seems to intensify when I extended my arms. My arm also goes completely numb quite often at night, often waking me up. And when I say completely numb I mean that it feels like soft rubber for a few seconds.
Another symptom that alarms me is the fact that I have what I would describe as minor Dysarthria. I've had it since I was around 12, and what it basically is that I sometimes may mispronounce phonemes and the words come out slurred. I always assumed it was just something that I was born with and thought that other people have minor speech impediments as well. But now with the latest tingling stuffs it has got me worried as it fits perfectly with the tingling in the symptoms list of MS.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention, I sometimes get pins and needles down my back. This usually happens outside for some reason, especially when I'm wearing a warm coat. I go to a sauna often and don't get any strange tinglings there, so I doubt it's temperature dependent.
A bit of background, I'm a 19y/o male who would consider himself healthy enough. Over the past years I've developed a habit of worrying too much about everything health related.
But into the meat-and-potatoes; My fear of MS has arisen because of strange tingling sensations I've been getting on my arms. When it happens, both my forearms up to my hands start tingling in "waves" and the tingling lasts anything from 10 to 40 minutes. The tingling seems to intensify when I extended my arms. My arm also goes completely numb quite often at night, often waking me up. And when I say completely numb I mean that it feels like soft rubber for a few seconds.
Another symptom that alarms me is the fact that I have what I would describe as minor Dysarthria. I've had it since I was around 12, and what it basically is that I sometimes may mispronounce phonemes and the words come out slurred. I always assumed it was just something that I was born with and thought that other people have minor speech impediments as well. But now with the latest tingling stuffs it has got me worried as it fits perfectly with the tingling in the symptoms list of MS.
Oh and I almost forgot to mention, I sometimes get pins and needles down my back. This usually happens outside for some reason, especially when I'm wearing a warm coat. I go to a sauna often and don't get any strange tinglings there, so I doubt it's temperature dependent.