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    Has anyone ever experienced this kind of mild neuropathy?

    Hi guys,


    So the other day I had put self tanner on for the first time, and was blow drying my body before bed (in know haha).

    No part of my body felt unusual. Then I got to my lower legs. From three inches above knee for ankle the sensation felt muted. Like all of the sensation of hot air on my skin was not getting through entirely. It was enough to make me pause and I kept testing the area over and over.


    I went to a GP the other day but he did the most rushed (and I learned now) inaccurate sensory exam. My eyes were open the whole time and it was rushed. I'm young (30) so he didn't think anything of My symptoms. At the exam I felt the things he did to my legs but the instrument did not feel "sharp" on my lower legs and not as cold in lower legs as on ankles and knees and above. But he thought nothing of it.

    Over the last few days I keep testing my legs there with the blow dryer. There is a definite lack of sense there and I think it has to so with heat.


    So, my questions are:

    1. Anyone ever passes a GPs half-*** version of a sensory test only to have a neurologist confirm with a more accurate set of sensory tests?

    2. Is it possible to lose heat sensation more than anything else?


    Trying to describe 'what' is muted about the sensation of my lower legs is really hard. Just they feel almost asleep while blow drying. Some part of the sensation is lacking and empty.


    Other than that they feel fine. Although a couple weeks ago they were aching for 4 or 5 days straight without any injury, or fatigue from anything.

    Any advice would be great.

    #2
    I have had that......I could feel things but it was like I was half feeling it. Like it I was wearing clothes but I wasn't. Same thing with cold....one foot would feel the cold less than the other.
    dx 2002 rebif 2002-2013 Tecfidera 2013

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      #3
      Thanks for your reply.


      When you say your sensation was halved did it feel this way all day long?


      See with me I didn't notice it at all until I blow dried my legs. It must be so subtle then right?


      But when given the exam I noticed tiny differences just I am not aware of it day to day.

      Is this normal?

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        #4
        In one of my relapses I lost all my pain and temperature sensation on one side from my waist down from a spinal cord lesion. I still had pressure sensation tho.

        The neuro exam a GP does is a screening exam not a specialty workup so its possible even probable that someone with a milder neuropathy will pass it. So I don't think its fair to say that your GP's exam was inaccurate. Its more that the purpose of that screening isn't what you were expecting. Your GP was probably thinking pass/fail where a neuro is more interested in quality and degree of sensation.

        Why are you asking? Is this the first time you noticed this and your here wondering if you have MS? If you have questions about your leg sensations you should ask your GP for a referral to a neurologist.

        Its a neuro's job to do the kind of testing you were expecting from your GP and the kind of testing you need to start looking for a cause. There are some neuros out there who are duds who for some reason won't do a lot of testing. But the good ones will so you should be prepared for a fair amount of testing depending on what the early tests show. It can be so much testing that some people actually complain about how much there is. If your committed to finding an answer you have to be ready to give your doctors as much information as they need to do that.

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          #5
          Thanks. I appreciate ur response.

          It's is the first time i have noticed with my legs, probably because its the first time ive blow dried my legs lol. Although at a physical I had a sensory test and at the time I noted some differences in sensation that the GP again there didn't seem fussed about. have other pinched nerve kind of things that happen but different. If i look up too fast my tongue goes numb on tip n tingles. Every few months I feel like a spider web is going down my left side of my face that will last a dy when it happens. and for the past five years I have odd GI problems that one GP, based on my symptoms, said it sounds like their could be some kind of paralysis in one part of my bowel.

          Tomorrow I made an appointment with a so so neurologist in the area ( that's according to people's reviews of them. Not bad or anything. 4 out of 5 stars).


          All the great ones are booked until November.

          I'll let you know what they say...

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            #6
            I am not sure how I noticed it ..........maybe scratched my leg? I wouldn't notice it unless I purposely rubbed my leg to see if it was still like that. I am guessing it lasted for a couple of weeks. The cold I noticed walking on cold tile. I think it has happened about 3-4 times.
            dx 2002 rebif 2002-2013 Tecfidera 2013

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              #7
              I have had this kind of thing going on, in my lower legs for about 4 years now. I think it feels like wearing those huge pink rubber gloves you wear to do dishes. They feel pretty normal until some external stimulus calls attention to the lack of sensation.

              You know when you touch something, but have no fine, detailed sensations. No sense of temperature, sharpness or much of anything, really. This is, in fact, a large part of why I stopped driving. I had no sense of when or how hard I touched the peddles. I only had a vague idea of where the peddle was in relation to my foot. I couldn't trust myself to hit the brakes in time if some kid ran in front of the car or something.

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                #8
                Originally posted by MrsBones View Post
                This is, in fact, a large part of why I stopped driving. I had no sense of when or how hard I touched the peddles. I only had a vague idea of where the peddle was in relation to my foot. I couldn't trust myself to hit the brakes in time if some kid ran in front of the car or something.
                Auto correct fail... That should be pedal.

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                  #9
                  Well, yes. At least your legs will be brown!
                  I had the full nude spray tan once. To be frank, I was a tad orange.

                  I don't know about the altered sensation and a hair-dryer. Usually mine just creeps up my legs. Maybe this was just the first time you were aware of it.

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                    #10
                    I live with that feeling in my legs, and one arm and hand all the time.

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                      #11
                      I definitely have that! I can't tell the temperature of a pool until I'm in up to my knees. Heat can really exacerbate MS symptoms too so that could be making it worse for you. Good luck with that neuro appt!
                      Newbie

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                        #12
                        I have been living with this feeling in my legs, feet, arms and hands since 2010. At least your GP tested you. Mine just figured it was the straining from my bout with constipation. My MS specialist confirmed it was in fact a relapse and ordered steroids.
                        "Irrespective of what happened yesterday or last year, and what may or may not happen tomorrow, the present moment is where you are-always!"
                        Richard Carlson, PH.D.

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                          #13
                          Originally posted by MrsBones View Post
                          I have had this kind of thing going on, in my lower legs for about 4 years now. I think it feels like wearing those huge pink rubber gloves you wear to do dishes. They feel pretty normal until some external stimulus calls attention to the lack of sensation.

                          You know when you touch something, but have no fine, detailed sensations. No sense of temperature, sharpness or much of anything, really. This is, in fact, a large part of why I stopped driving. I had no sense of when or how hard I touched the peddles. I only had a vague idea of where the peddle was in relation to my foot. I couldn't trust myself to hit the brakes in time if some kid ran in front of the car or something.
                          That's the same way I feel and am starting to worry about my ability to drive. I compare it to how you feel after a shot of Novacaine at the dentist......you are aware of the touch, but can't really feel it.
                          Mary >^.,.^<

                          Do or do not. There is no try. Yoda, Jedi Master

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