Hello,
All demyelinating diseases may not be multiple sclerosis. Here are symptoms of multiple sclerosis:
Classic MS symptoms are as follows:
1) Sensory loss (i.e., paresthesia) - Usually an early complaint
2) Spinal cord symptoms (motor) - Muscle cramps is secondary to spasticity
3) Symptoms of the spinal cord (autonomic) - Bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction
4) Cerebellar symptoms - Charcot triad of dysarthria (scanning speech), nystagmus, and intention tremor
5) Optic neuritis
6)
Trigeminal neuralgia - Bilateral facial weakness or trigeminal neuralgia
7) Facial myokymia (irregular twitching of the facial muscles) - May also be a presenting symptom
8) Eye symptoms - Including diplopia on lateral gaze; these occur in 33% of patients
9) Heat intolerance
10) Constitutional symptoms - especially fatigue (which occurs in 70% of cases) and dizziness; fatigue must be differentiated from depression (which may, however, coexist), lack of sleep, and exertional exhaustion due to disability
11) Pain - Occurs in 30–50% of patients at some point in their illness
12) Subjective cognitive difficulties - With regard to attention span, concentration, memory, and judgment
13) Depression - A common symptom
14) Euphoria - Less common than depression
15)
Bipolar disorder or frank dementia - May appear late in the disease course but is sometimes found at the time of initial diagnosis
MS patients may present with many other manifestations such as:
Aphasia or dysphasia (occurs very rarely)
Seizures (5% of patients with MS)
Other paroxysmal symptoms (eg, ataxia, akinesia, paresthesia, pruritus)
Significant motor complaints without sensory deficits or dysautonomia
You don't have any classic symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Abdomen pain and spasms are due to
Diverticulitis. Your headache may be due to
tension headache,
migraine headache,
cluster headache,
cervical spondylitis, or sinus headache. Hence, you don't have multiple sclerosis in my opinion.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Pallavi M., Anesthesiologist