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Hi, I'm not sure why you have that diagnosis but a couple of questions immediately came to mind. Is your gait altered (e.g can you walk normally or climb a set of stairs)? How far can you walk? Does one foot drag? Do you think one side of your pelvis is higher than the other? Are you slightly stoope...

Hi, The EMA (European equivalent of the FDA) has just recommended that Gilenya elevates the risk of congenital deformities to the heart, kidney, bone and muscles in utero. It recommends it is not suitable for pregnant women or women not using birth control . Their view is it doubles the risk compare...

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Have you gone to a doctor yet and told him what you have told us? I really urge you to do this.

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Hi, I think you should go to a doctor and describe exactly what you have written. If other people smell you then a doctor should notice it. If only you smell it then perhaps you have an infection in a nasal cavity or sinus. The slurring is something you should definitely raise and the sooner the bet...

Hi, I think the odds are low based on what you've described. It actually doesn't sound like you've got the right symptom at all. It sounds more like a mild impingement. See what happens if a good osteo or physio does some manipulation. I don't think you should be as concerned as you are. Best of luc...

Hi Jessica, No one on this site is going to take of the risk of guiding you to a wrong conclusion. Even a neurologist needs skill to make the right call. Nevertheless, lesions mean a type of scarring but that could be due to many things. "Dawsons fingers" is a pattern of scarring but it is not a def...

Hi, That's an excellent summary. I am a great believer in the cool drink idea. If you take some watermelon, ice and a little water and wizz it up in one of those drink makers you will get an excellent cold drink. As you're effectively pouring ice down your throat it really counteracts the effects of...

Hi, In terms of the ones normally thought of, I don't either. I do take Dantrium for spasticity but I didn't need anything like that from 1994-2015. From 1996 till about 2012 I did take Avonex and hated every dose. I have been taking an antiviral (valacyclovir) for 20 years but it isn't regarded as ...

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I've never had that problem but I did google cephalxin and hives and it can happen by the look of it.

I looked at fermented food and hives and this blog says it can happen. https://blog.bulletproof.com/best-fermented-food-gut/ .

Maybe you just pushed your limits by combining things??

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Hi, It isn't easy is it? Neurologists have been offering patients this choice since I was diagnosed in the early 1990s. Through that time, whatever medication is the new kid on the block becomes the best thing ever and the old champion retreats. Gilenya is described as a receptor modulator for remit...

Hi, I'm certainly not against bike riding but the posture of the body is curled over the bike which shortens the psoas. The chain of muscles I think you are describing are called iliopsoas. This video shows the ones I mean but there's no sound. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcrzfTSCZEs . I underst...

Hi, Don't forget to try some massage. If you have some muscles that are tight they pull your posture out of whack. To compensate you start to move in unusual ways (e.g hanging on to things). A masseur will be able to release the muscles on either side of the spine called the erector spinae. If you a...

Hi, The copoxone (also known as Glatiramer acetate,Copolymer 1 or Cop-1) is a therapy for remitting relapsing MS. It was originally designed as a sequence of the amino acids; glutamic acid, lysine, alanine and tyrosine to crudely resemble myelin basic protein. In an animal model (EAE), T cells that ...

Hi, Sorry to hear this. There will be a series of steps that your neurologist will guide you through. You might find yourself asking "is that it?" As you get a handle on where you are, feel free to ask questions or seek second opinions. I've been diagnosed since 1994 and many others here have long e...

Hi, As your question is why would you be sent to a neurologist after an MRI (ordered by your GP) then the easiest answer is the GP doesn't feel he is the right person to interpret the result. An MRI is just a picture. If you saw what the technician wrote on the accompanying report, it would sound li...