Topic: Study: Cortical Atrophy of Parietal Lobe Linked to Fatigue in Patients With MS"
bcb1200
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I am posting this study because it struck a nerve with me.
Before I was properly diagnosed with lyme, I had a brain MRI which fortunately came up abnormal. One of the findings was "Bilaterial cortical atrophy of the pareital lobes" which basically means the pariety lobe portion of my brain was dying.
After getting my lyme dx and starting treatment I improved greatly. 7 months into treatment, I had another Brain MRI which was perfectly NORMAL!!!
What's amazing about this study..is they found MS patients with the same bilaterial cortical atrophy and blamed that for the fatigue in these patients.
I can almost guarantee this folks have lyme and not MS and that the fatigue they are experiencing is lyme related.
So sad. I feel so lucky to have a proper diagnosis.
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Carol in PA
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quote:Originally posted by bcb1200: What's amazing about this study..is they found MS patients with the same bilaterial cortical atrophy and blamed that for the fatigue in these patients.
I looked up the functions of the parietal lobe, and found this:
The parietal lobes can be divided into two functional regions. One involves sensation and perception and the other is concerned with integrating sensory input, primarily with the visual system.
Individuals with damage to the parietal lobes often show striking deficits, such as abnormalities in body image and spatial relations.
Perhaps the fatigue is actually due to something else?
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Rumigirl
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Uh, now that I had to stop treatment AGAIN, I have backslid terribly and am having exactly these problems!! Perceptions and sensory input off, trouble gauging distance, coordination, not to mention balance terribly off, and horrific fatigue. I had these all before, but they had gotten better with treatment. Now . . . back to square one.
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Rumigirl
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Uh, now that I had to stop treatment AGAIN, I have backslid terribly and am having exactly these problems!! Perceptions and sensory input off, trouble gauging distance, coordination, not to mention balance terribly off, and horrific fatigue. I had these all before, but they had gotten better with treatment. Now . . . back to square one.
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James1979
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OMG, Rumigirl, I can't imagine how horrible that would feel!! May God give you strength.
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bcb1200
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I don't think so. I had bilateral cortical atrophy of the parietal lobes along with the sensory issues described.
But mine was caused by lyme as it has completely reversed with treatment. (New MRI is now "normal")
I suspect these patients don't have MS at all. I beieve it could be lyme and the fatigue is related to lyme.
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