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Unusual Symptoms of MS
MS: Strangest Symptoms From Head to Toe
Trapped in a Bear Hug
Out-of-Control Laughing or Sobbing
An Itch You Can’t Scratch
Shocking Face Flashes
Fiery Feet
Hard to Swallow
Spine-Tingling Shock
Blurred Vision
Optical Illusions
Sudden Spasms
Migraines
Hearing Problems
Vertigo
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SOURCES:
Multiple Sclerosis Trust: “Worried You Have MS?” “MS: The Facts,” “MS Hug,” “Pain,” “Tingling, Crawling, Burning or Prickling in the Skin. What IS Going on Here?” “Swallowing Hard: Dysphagia and MS,” “Lhermitte’s Sign,” “Visual Problems,” “Paroxysmal Symptoms,” “Dizziness and Vertigo.”
Clinical Medicine & Research: “Multiple Sclerosis: It’s Not the Disease You Thought it Was.”
National Multiple Sclerosis Society: “Multiple Sclerosis FAQs,” “Itching,” “Pain,” “Headache,” “Hearing Loss,” “Dizziness and Vertigo.”
MS Focus Magazine: “Understanding the Rarer Symptoms of MS,” “Understanding and avoiding Uhthoff’s phenomenon.”
Multiple Sclerosis Association of America: “Pseudobulbar Affect (PSA).”
International Association for the Study of Pain: “IASP Terminology.”
American Academy of Neurology: “Unusual Symptoms and Syndromes in Multiple Sclerosis.”
American Migraine Foundation: “What is Migraine?”
Annals of the Indian Academy of Neurology: “Lhermitte's Sign: The Current Status.”
Journal of Medicine and Life: “Uhthoff`s phenomenon 125 years later - what do we know today?”
Continuum: “Unusual Symptoms and Syndromes in Multiple Sclerosis.”