hi
it's not a make or break diagnostic feature. depends what else is going on. there's a very long (~80) list of things to go through before arriving at an ms dx.
nothing to do with ms, but interesting:
The Study of Calcium, Phosphonium, Magnesium, and Ferrum Concentration in Serum of Patients With Primary Trigeminal Neuralgia
http://journals.lww.com/jcraniofacialsu ... nd.96.aspx
"In primary TN patients, the concentration of Ca, P, Mg in serum is lower than the control group obviously (P <0.05), but the concentration of Fe in serum is higher than the control group obviously (P <0.05)."
i have some problems with this article (eg am not used to seeing the word 'obviously' used where i would expect 'significantly', and never mind the rest of the sentence structure). i don't have full text access so can't take a closer look, but there are some take-away messages that could be useful follow up items anyway.
specifically, do you have bloodwork results for serum calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and ferritin?
(please don't say 'all normal' - am asking about actual numeric results, with units, whether low- mid- or high-normal)