I started out having a vision problem in my left eye which promted an mri i have white lesions in my brain and was in the hosptial for 3 days for a spinal tap and steroids..my results of the spinal came back all negative. Do the people who have MS have positive spinal fluid and if not how did they come to a conclusion of ms? the vision problem is still going on and its been 4 weeks now. i am also seeing a opthalmologist and now moving on to a neuroopthalmologist this week. any help or advice..??????? thanks i am new to this site
Hi. I am new to this site also. I also had vision problems which started late last year and my life has been full of medical appointments since. My opthamologist was wonderful and got the ball rolling very quickly. My ms diagnosis was confirmed by an MRI. I didnt need to have a spinal tap. That would be awful. You would think that your MRI would be enough to have a diagnosis. Maybe things are done differently in usa that australia. My prayers and best wishes are with you.
I was diagnosed in April of 2006--so it is all new to me too---started with optic on left eye--and I went totally blind in it--of course-that sent me running to the ER.....a CAT scan and MRI later--have MS---I declined having a spinal tap.
I had a positive MRI, but my DR still was not convinced I had MS. I then went on to have a spinal tap, which in the future was a good thing. I had two oligonal bands. Forgive the spelling if it is not correct. If you have more than two bands, they say you have MS. The spinal tap can also rule out other things. I am glad I had it because my MRI was iffy for MS and it made the final diagnosis.
My MS was diagnosed with an C-Spine MRI w/o contrast, but my doctors insisted I have a spinal to rule out Devic’s Syndrome, which is mimics MS. This disease has basically the same symptoms, but it is treated differently. Normally with Devic’s, the brain MRI is normal. It is really a spinal tap that diagnosis Devic’s. My spinal was normal, so Devic’s was ruled out. This is a rare disease, but it is, like MS, treatable.
I just had a spinal tap about five days ago and I still have a headache. In August I woke up with an optic neuritus in my left eye, received Steriods and my vision has returned almost to 100%.
I have been prescribed copaxone, but haven’t started it just yet. I want to ensure I have MS before actually starting the treatment. Luckily, I have no lesions at this point just some non-specific white matter. I got the spinal tap to definitively rule out Lyme Disease and possibly confirm MS.
I had a MRI with two leisions that had my primary care Dr. sending me to a Neurologist. When I went to him he requested a spinal tap which I did. The results came back that my IGG Index and my protein was a little high which to him could not rule out that I didn’t have MS. So he requested that I have another MRI in March and then I will go and see him in April for the results. My reason for going to the Dr. in the first place was because I was so dizzy. I staggared when I walked like a drunk person. So... I went to my Dr. and she sent me for an MRI. The results came back that the lesions were compatable with MS. So that was back in December and today is February and I knw no more today than I did then. I too would like to know if anyone has had a spinal tap that did NOT show the bands or what ever than call them and still have MS. Give me what information that you might have.
