Question by Nikolai: What does a blood test reveal during testing for a multiple sclerosis diagnosis?
Although there are many tests that must be performed prior to diagnosing an individual with MS, what sort of information does a neurologist look for on a blood test?
Can long-term, high dosages of dimenhydrinate cause CNS damage that presents itself as symptoms of MS?
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Answer by Dr Dinesh S
MS can only be a subject of Clinical Diagnosis .MRI is meaningful to determin the stage of detoriation of Myelin Sheth.
No any pathological test would be of any meaningful use.
Dimenhydrinate is the only known medicicine of MS , but off cource in suggested doses.
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Hi Nik,
The blood test would be used to look for other things. There’s no blood test yet for MS. The diagnosis is based on your symptoms, elimination of other causes and Spinal Tap and mostly MRIs. Although one can still have MS w/o it showing on the Spinal Tap or MRI.
When I was diagnosed the Spinal showed MS, but I had no lesions on my MRIs, until years later.
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/MSResources/
It may take months to confirm a diagnosis and rule out other causes. Tests are done to look for MS and to rule out other possible causes. Some diagnostic tests used are:
–Blood work – look for Vit B12 deficiency and Lyme disease markers
–MRI scans with intravenous gadolinium – identify and date lesions (plaques) in the brain. Newer lesions show up brighter.
–Evoked potentials – hearing, vision, and motor impulses are tested to see if they move normally or too slow.
–Spinal tap (lumbar puncture) – cerebro-spinal fluid is tested to identify cells that suggest MS. Can also be used to differentiate from Lyme disease.
For a definite diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, at least two separate symptomatic events or changes on MRI and a physical indicator (i.e. change in the central nervous system) must occur.