has anyone had an eeg that has ms?

froggygirl23 · Post by **froggygirl23** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 8:44 pm

Does an eeg help tell if it's ms or not? My s/o hasn't had one, but we were consideing asking for one.... would like to learn more about anyone else's experience with it. Thank you.

sh8un · Post by **sh8un** » Sun Aug 13, 2006 9:18 pm

Hi
I did not know this but I guess EEG does help determine if someone has MS. It makes sense. I wonder if you have to have lesions in the brain in order for the EEG to pick it up? I would think so. I think you had said that your husband's MRI was clear.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency ... 003931.htm

viper498 · Post by **viper498** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:16 am

What is s/o?

raven · Post by **raven** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:00 am

I'm guessing s/o = significant other.

EEG has been used in MS and does show differences but only when there is significant lesion load / cognitive impairment. It wouldn't be sensitive enough to make a diagnosis, especially if the diagnosis cannot be confirmed by MRI.

http://jnnp.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/69/2/192

Robin

froggygirl23 · Post by **froggygirl23** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 12:11 pm

yes s/o is my abbreviation for signifcant other

Thank you so much for answering my question.... Thanks again