L'hermittes question

[thatsme]

I have been getting a strange buzzing around my tailbone the last few days, moreso brought on by tilting my head forward. It doesn't do it everytime I bend my head, and sometimes can be stopped by changing positions and doesn't always stop once I immediately lift my head. Of course dr google brought me to MS which is why im here.

Does this sound like L'hermittes? I do have a disc bulge but this is on my other leg that I have a slight nerve impingment and have recently suffered a broken tailbone during labour.

I am off to see my physio tomorrow and if no help Ill try the GP, but can anyone tell me if the L'Hermittes sign stops immediately once you lift your head and is it something that happened EVERY time you bend?

Thank you

[jimmylegs]

hi it does sound like lhermitte's to me, the feeling doesn't have to stop immediately although it would sort of fade, and i think that since lhermitte's sign is an indicator of an active spinal cord lesion, that you would have to move in just the right way to aggravate the lesion, to set off that weird buzzing feeling. that's my experience of it at least mine was not necessarily from ms, although that's the diagnosis i ended up with. personally, i also had a 'ratty neck for my age' according to my neuro, which included a bulging disc. i'm terrible for chronic dehydration, which is crap for disc nutrition. the neuro didn't think the disc issue was related to my sensory problems, including the lhermitte's sign.

[thatsme]

But would the buzzing go on sometimes for 5 minutes or so once my head was lifted? I saw my GP who doesn't think its MS at all and my physio thinks its my disc playing up, also would it happen every time you bend ?

[jimmylegs]

in my case yes the buzzing would slowly dimnishish over time, up to minutes. i would get a sharper initial shock followed by a sort of generalized, lasting tingling sensation. re every time, it would depend on the individual. you could expect the sensitivity to vary with the size and location of the lesion. in order for the buzz to happen every single time you moved your head, the lesion would have to be placed such that you couldn't possibly move your head without affecting it.

whether it's the disk or ms, there are actions you can consider taking to improve your spinal and immune system status, if you are interested in doing the work to pursue health, as opposed to pursuing diagnosis and long term treatment.

if you go to see an ms specialist, you will have a better chance of fulfilling the msdx and drug treatment solution. if you go to a nutritionist/dietitian, you'll have a better shot at pursuing health although there are some caveats related to the current state of nutrition status assessment and correction

it's not unreasonable to pursue both approaches.