Has anyone who has been diagnosed with MS, had symptoms of burning in their head ?

Question

I have constant headaches and burning in my head. I have had an MRI and my doctor has found many lesions on my brain. However, I do not have insurance to cover the cost of testing. While I do not have major problems with my legs, arm or eyes. I do feel heavyiness, and a falling asleep senstion in my legs and
my arms have fallen asleep more than once. I am just wondering if anyone else has experienced the burning. My doctor said that the demylination erodes the protective covering on nerves, and that there can be " friction" when the exposed nerves touch.

Answer 1

Hello,

My friend has MS and she has the pain due to the nerves "falling asleep" throughout her limbs which causes her blood pressure to go up. She is on Prednisone and this causes her to get extra fluids in her body and then causes her to have more problems. She is now on diuretics to get rid of the excess fluids. She has a lot of dizzy spells. I also work in the health care field and work with patients who have MS. I do know that Heat will tend to exacerbate the symptoms of MS and you have to be careful during the summer. My friend wears a cooling vest to help her stay cool in the summer.

Here is some information I found on a website. If you have any questions that I could ask my friend for you, feel free to email me.

Not all symptoms affect all MS patients.
No two persons have the same complaints; no one develops all of the symptoms.

Symptoms may be persistent or may cease from time to time. Most patients have episodic patterns of attacks and remissions throughout the disease course. Symptoms may remit completely, leaving no residual damage, or partially leaving degrees of permanent impairment.

Because the symptoms that define the clinical picture of MS are the result of nerve lesions causing disturbances in electrical conduction in one or more areas of the CNS, the nature of the symptoms that occur is determined by the location of the lesion. For example: an optic nerve lesion may cause blurred vision; a brain stem lesion may cause dizziness or double vision; a spinal cord lesion may cause coordination/balance problems.

Depending on the location of the lesion, the MS patient may experiences different signs & symptoms

Answer 2

I have MS and I must say that I find the symptoms fascinating. However, tests are critical because fibermyalgia and MS are close enough in symptoms that it can be hard to tell them apart at times.
Your heaviness of legs and arms is a common symptom of MS. Another aspect is nerve pain. Sometimes I get shooting pains in my arms, hands, legs, feet, and across my scalp and face.
Extreme temperatures and change in seasons will probably cause you to see an increase in symptoms for a time.

This link is one of many with good info on MS.
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/

feel free to contact me if you need to talk.

Answer 3

Hi, I also have ms I was diagnosed in June of this year. I also get a burning sensation but its on my arms. It comes and goes. When I was first diagnosed I had vision loss, vertigo and numbness throughout my whole left side. They gave me a steroid drip which helped tremendously! I am now on Rebif and it has kept me stable so far.I hope Your symptoms subside or go away soon. Dont worry, God is with you.