I would love for you to do a video on each of the portions of the brain you went over , and their “ corresponding “ symptoms they could be causing now or in the future. Each could be a short one, maybe a few in one video. Since you’re asking... If you are not to busy knocking down walls. 😂 Btw- just got neuro psych eval done. My brain is the consistency of mashed taters 😂🤦♀️ Have a good night
I am smarter now that I was 15 mins ago... thanks to your video. Elegant in its simplicity! Distilling complex info down to easily understood concepts is your Superpower, Dr. B.
Ok, a few days late, but I made notes. Some parts are familiar from school and.. my MRI reports! I have SO many lesions! Thanks soooo much! Much appreciated!!
Heya Dr. B! I thank you so much for this video! I have had arguments with 3 different neurologists that consistently told me that MS is strictly a white matter phenomenon and doesn’t affect any other part of the brain. Two of them told me that I would never notice brain lesions on a physical basis. One of them, a lady I saw a couple days ago, told me that black holes was terminology from back in the old days that described what lesions looked like on an MRI. I could tell as we spoke that I was asking uncomfortable questions that she had no answers for. She has never heard of the MS Hug. This is why I have started seeking input from an MS specialist elsewhere. The good news is that I am tolerating Glatopa well and haven’t had any new or enhancing lesions in the last several years. I can give those VA doctors credit for putting me on the DMT but your videos have shown me just how far behind the lines of progress that they really are.
Thank you for putting out this information. I have been sharing your videos with my family because several have MS. I was diagnosed 26 years ago. More spinal nerve information please!
As always, very informative. I have gotten to the point where I look for emails showing where you have put out a video. Have a wonderful day, everybody. Doctor Boster, keep the information coming. I have learned more from you than I have my own Neurologist.
Not only was your video this morning very methodically presented this morning I found the graphics that accompanied it excellent. Your lecture this morning did make me wonder, is it better to have a lesion in the spinal column or the brain? Thank you for another excellent presentation.
Dr. Boster, Thank You for this explanation of the Brain and Spinal Cord. This has helped me go back to the times of a relapse, symptoms and the affected brain areas. This is off the subject, I Just LOVE your new Theme Music at the start of the CZcams videos. Thank You for what you do within the World of MS.
No questions. Everything crystal clear. After hearing all that - feeling super grateful for all the problems I DON'T have. You'll make neurologists out of us yet! Best regards from Jerusalem.💖
Awesome video Doc. Explanation was clear and simple. It was actually the first time I’ve heard and/or seen this information explained. You would think it would be something we are told when first diagnosed to have a better understanding of the brains anatomy and role in MS. Thankyou so much!
This video was EXTREMELY helpful to me in understanding my symptoms! I have a copy of my last MRI report but I was having trouble understanding the correlation between what it said and what I’m experiencing. I was able to follow along with your descriptions and diagrams to decider my report. I can’t thank you enough!
I think that someone should offer an MS lesion mapping service! Kind of like palm reading but real! I find it interesting looking at my MRI's with what you have covered knowing what my symptoms are. I now knowing what is effecting where. No wonder I can't touch my right pointer finger with my left while my eyes are closed!
Another great video! Thanks Dr B! I know there are ways we can help our brain to be as healthy as possible. My question is, do these same things apply to our spine? I also love the new intro. Your wife is very talented. 😁🤗❤️❤️
Love this kind of information. No one wants to answer these questions for some reason. Thank goodness you are not afraid to help us understand which lesions or groups of lesions may be contributing to our issues. I’m sure I am not alone in wanting to be empowered through understanding.
I'd love to see a video about late-onset MS (Dx after 50). Do these patients present differently than younger ones? Can lesions be misdiagnosed as "old age" spots? Also, how common are central vertigo, dropping things, heat intolerance with HR fluctuation and falls as first symptoms of MS? Thanks so much! Finding this channel has been so very helpful!
Happy New Year Dr. B and fellow villagers! Thank you for another informative and easy to understand video. I appreciate the continuing education I receive from your videos. Added bonus, no student loans attached to your “classes” 😂
Loved this! The brain showing the "wires" such a great explanation!Thank you for the simple explanation. Helps to better understand lesion location and potential effects.
I know this an old video, but I would love to see an in depth video about the cerebellum. VERY newly diagnosed, literally yesterday. More specifically, the cerebellar peduncle(whatever that is!) I have several lesions on my cerebellar peduncle, centrum semi-ovale, spinal cord, and one in my occipital lobe. I've done quite a bit of research(reading articles way above my level of understanding), but I still feel lost. I've been binge watching your videos and listening to your livestream q&as while I'm working, sometimes the greater part of my 10 hour shifts, for the last month. I have gained more useful knowledge from YOU than I have from my own reading and my Neuro. Fingers crossed! I hope to catch your next Live Q&A! Thanks for all you do!
Crystal clear. I studied psychology and the brain and everything about the nervous system. I even read medical text at age 17. It's great to have a revision.
Thanks for Another great presentation. My question is about mood centres in the brain = I know mood disturbances are common in MS - where are they locating this functioning in the brain?
Happy new year Dr.A# ! (# represents two interloping plus signs and means "sharp") Great video, perfect introduction into CNS anatomy, much easier to digest as any textbook. Thank You.
Hi Dr Boster can you make a video to explain MS for our family that we can then just share the video with them. And please emphasize for our children the importance of them of what they can do to help protect them from getting MS. When I explain it they look at me like... ya ok mom and think it’s just one of my life lessons as they call it ;) God love them but maybe if they hear it from your standpoint as a MS specialist. Thank you...Stephanie from WI
Thanks you for this in dept clarification on the brain and optic nerves. Today I took my son in for a followup appointment with his neurologist and in reading the result of his latest Spinal MRI, this was the topic of discussion. My son was diagnosed with MS over the last 2 years and this has been very difficult journey for us, trying to understand why a very active and healthy 29 years old could just develop aggressive disease which have affected his movement and optic nerves. Living in Jamaica, we don't have access to the type of MS medications that you have mentioned in previous videos and this is very frustrating for us. Dr. Aaron is there anything that can be used to correct or improve the damage to his vision?
Thank you, that was a great video! It makes me wonder about cortical lesions. The way l'm understanding MS is that our immune system attacks the myelin surrounding our nerves. But if the cortex is grey matter and doesn't have myelinated nerves, how can we have lesions there?
Excellent! Although very high level, this does give a bit of insight into what my neurologist is learning from all the toe tapping and finger snapping he has me do during visits. And I probably understand it less than I think I do.
Favor: The mother of a member of our MS village is hospitalized, and SHE (the village member) is having attack - like symptoms. Please throw a link to your recent video that discusses psuedo attacks. Thank you in advance from Jerusalem! 🌸
So I'm laying here at 2am...pretty certain that the significant damage that was viewed in my last MRI, is most likely present within all of the areas you have mentioned.
I hear you talking about senses, but not about the sense of smell. I'd slowly lost my sense of smell before diagnosis, but after diagnosis and about a year on a DMD, my sense of smell came back. It's sensitive and I'm not a fan of food smells if I'm not eating. 😅
Hi Dr. Your channel is amazing. I just met the neuro this is what he says: Yes you can have ms without lesions in the brain. Yes Ms with brain lesions can cause facial symptoms you have like the numbness. But Without brain lesions it cannot cause facial symptoms like numbness or cognitive fonction. So Ms is not possible even if I have all the symptoms. No further testing or help. => Desesperate ! What would you do ?
Thanks Dr. B. I learned a lot this morning! I would love to see a video that goes a bit deeper on the spine and how the nerves there are set up and work.
Thank you Aaron for all your work & enthusiasm. I was diagnosed with Relapsing remitting MS in 2003 & have been on copaxone for 11 years, My ms has progressed significantly over the years however my MRI scans show no change ! I see an ms nurse every 6 months & she reports to the neurologist. They don’t appear to be concerned & my condition in my view is progressing rapidly. Do you have any suggestions as to what the correct way is to approach them regarding treatment. I don’t want to appear as an internet neurological expert as I hat never goes down well. Thank you 🤞
Dr. Boster , I heard recently that MS patients should avoid animal products in their diets . Do you agree ? And if you have an opinion please share it with us and if we should also avoid meat 🥩. Thanks in advance 🙋🏻♀️ . ~ Kicking MS Butt for over 25 years !
Hi Dr Boster, this was really interesting, I may need to watch it a few times to take it all in! I wonder if some time you could talk about something I think is called the corona radiata and what it does?
Good morning! A question I’ve had is aside from losing vision, how do you know if you have/had optic neuritis? Symptoms can be subtle, such as blurry vision temporarily worse than normal or colors dulling in one eye. No pain and for short durations. Is that random or optic neuritis? Just another video question. Thanks!
hello - I was wondering is the outcome of PPMS generally worse if you are diagnosed in your early 20's as opposed to later on in life? It seems all the cases I have read have when diagnosed so early are much worse.
thank you very much aaron this was an awsome video and stuff I try too look up often as my scientific brain gets comfort from this type of understanding of my lisons it has made it so I understand a lot of why my symptoms are what they are and why I shoudlent be overly worried lol that being said I know iv asked before but the corpus callosum is a place my ms is really hitting mainly in the carona radtiana down to touching the corpus colosum and there's very little I can find in understanding and hope you might have some better understanding of these areas and what they might cause ... another question is you talked about the brian stem place as cranial nerve issues connection an old ms doc said shesaw a lisons grow to touch my brian stem but no other doc has said it or can I see what she saw so my question is what the part of the brian cortex deep white matter etc can cause face drooping numbness and TN pain as I've had that from the begging of my ms and its gotten worse eove the years form being just sesory not showing to showing every so often and nw effecting right side of tongue my doc is over worked and doesn't give time ti talk about these things even though he also is a ms spevulist so any awsners you have would be appreciated I'm super happy to have found you and appreciate all the knowledge you help to spread you are awsome sauce lol
Hello Sir...greetings for your fantastic videos... I want to know 1) Do MS Lesions heal by themselves? & 2) what does it mean when we see in an MRI, the spinal cord lesions are gone & not showing on the MRI & the number of Brain Lesions have reduced & the remaining brain lesions have shrunk much in size. I can send you the MRI Reports confirming the same for your perusal
What does optic neuritis look like on the mri? Is optic neuritis diagnosed just from reported symptoms or does the mri show lesions on the optic nerve?
Awesome way of simplifying this. I'm really interested in executive functioning. My memory seems to be affected quite often. I'm wondering if that is the same memory as what you mentioned when speaking about it
Can there be muscle deterioration in MS? I eat great exercise when I can.But I’m always at least walking cleaning house etc..I feel like I’ve recently have had muscle disappear. Been to my primary physician all blood work normal. Had MRI of abdomen and pelvis all normal. Could this be MS? Thanks for your video.❤️
Howdy Dr Boster What part of the brain is to do with hearing? I've had the audio test and it's ok but I still have a lot of trouble hearing voices especially if they're deep or whisper 🤗
Thank you doctor. I learned some things from this. I have over 20 lesions in my brain, in the frontal lobes, temporal lobes, occipital lobe, and many in in the pons and brainstem. I choke a lot and have strange visual problems. Nystagmus, double vision, and even one eye pulling in closer to my nose. This started after a very bad attack, before any treatment was started.
Long time ago, when I was teaching the entire left side of my body felt very hot. The right side was normal. Also the left side felt very sensitive and as long as there was clothing covering it was not terribly bothersome. I had thermometers and taped two on my abdomen to see if indeed one side was really hotter. It wasn’t. Eventually it went away. Where was this located in the brain. Thanks.
I have lots of questions do you ever do a chat room ? And if your spine has lesions and you can still walk fine just hurting feet for now does those lesions cause problems later in life or will MS attack cause disability when it hits a certain part of the spine. I don’t know a lot about MS and Google is not always helpful. Thanks
Hi Aaron am Roya from Sudan , I was diagnosed with MS 2years ago .I want to make a content in Arabic talking about MS in Sudan MS is very rare disease nobody knows anything about it.. can you help me making the content for the Patients and their family and friends >>> and I really want to thank you
Good morning! Having been undiagnosed (and therefore untreated), I wound up with my spinal chord “lighting up like a Christmas tree” according to my MS specialist. I’d love to hear more about how the location of lesions on the spinal chord converts into physical presentations of abnormal sensory perception. It seems I was coping ok until it came to cervical lesions. Those are really a bugger!! Also, I’d be interested to hear about how my neuro was able to point to a specific portion of my brain and identify it as the location of Bell’s palsy. This happened after 3 days of inpatient IV steroids and got me two more days of tx before I spent a month at inpatient rehab and several months outpatient PT/OT. How can Bell’s palsy happen on day 4 of IV steroids?? Baffles me! Thanks again for teaching us!
@@AaronBosterMD Thanks Dr. Boster. I would like to know more about the difference between upper and lower motor neurons. And why cervical lesions can cause so much grief.
Hi Meghan. I also have a teeny tiny spinal cord lesion. My MRI says front right but I get sensory and motor changes from the neck down. I recently got a cold/flu virus and I experienced a lot of new and old symptoms. It was like my spinal cord had PMS!🙃
All the exercising and the stretching and the yoga that we do, albeit somewhat limited, I'm sure are all helping long term but are pretty tough especially when they can sometimes make you feel worse and suck away all your present strength and energy. As a person with upper spinal cord lesions, is there something more I can do or target to help my lesions or to keep them from getting worse until 'they' discover and approve those remylenating agents that we're all dreaming of? Can anyone suggest or recommended alternative therapies you might try such as reiki, or massage or traditional chinese medicine or colonics or voodoo.....I think I've tried everything but am always open to new ideas???
As Dr Booster mentioned, everybody's brain loses volume (atrophy) after the age of 18. When you have untreated MS the atrophy is greater. My brain atrophy used to be greater than normal when I was on Tecfidera and Copaxone. It's back to a normal rate since I switched to a more effective medication (Ocrevus).
Which questions about Neuroanatomy do you want answered?
Are perivascular spaces effected with ms?
What symptoms do we have, with damage to the frontal lobes?
Once again you have taken a difficult topic and explained it in easy to understand terms. Thank you!!
I would love for you to do a video on each of the portions of the brain you went over , and their “ corresponding “ symptoms they could be causing now or in the future.
Each could be a short one, maybe a few in one video.
Since you’re asking...
If you are not to busy knocking down walls. 😂
Btw- just got neuro psych eval done. My brain is the consistency of mashed taters 😂🤦♀️
Have a good night
Will damage from an optic neuritis attack appear on a cranial nerve MRI over 6 months or even years after the attack?
Thank you
Very helpful thanks
YW Rebecca!
@@AaronBosterMD so, when they say 'no new lesions' after an MRI, they mean 'no new lesions that we can see'!
You're videos are very insightful and thank you
Super interesting. Thanks.
Glad you liked Clare!
@@AaronBosterMD A quick question... I have RRMS and my only symptom is my walking distance and fatigue. What treatment path could help me?
I am smarter now that I was 15 mins ago... thanks to your video. Elegant in its simplicity! Distilling complex info down to easily understood concepts is your Superpower, Dr. B.
Thank for your insight. I always appreciate your videos and information.
Very well done. Awesome video editing.
Thank you very much good Sir!
Thanks so much for putting out this video. Always learn something new everytime you post.
I'm really very thankful for all of your videos. This was absolutely easy for me to follow and it explained a lot to me. Thank you , Dr. Boster.
You're welcome!
Wow this was SUPER helpful for understanding my MRI report. Thanks!
Thank you so much for helping me to understand (a little better) my daughter's MRI lesions.
YW Helen!
Kudos to you for wanting to learn about your daughter’s lesions!
Thank you Dr Boster for another super informative video. 🔥🔥🔥
Happy New year, Very informative video. Thank you
Wow. Very informative 👍
Thanks Jamie
Very Very interesting 👍❤️
TY
Great video! Thank you!! I'm going to watch this again tomorrow and take notes!
Ok, a few days late, but I made notes. Some parts are familiar from school and.. my MRI reports! I have SO many lesions! Thanks soooo much! Much appreciated!!
That's a great, fine woodpile, Dr. Aaron! :)
Super awesome topic! Thanks for a quick anatomy review, it's very educational for we laymen.
#StrongerTogether vid focusing on spinal cord anatomy comes out within the next month!
@@AaronBosterMD that's exciting, I'll keep an eye out!
Heya Dr. B! I thank you so much for this video! I have had arguments with 3 different neurologists that consistently told me that MS is strictly a white matter phenomenon and doesn’t affect any other part of the brain. Two of them told me that I would never notice brain lesions on a physical basis. One of them, a lady I saw a couple days ago, told me that black holes was terminology from back in the old days that described what lesions looked like on an MRI. I could tell as we spoke that I was asking uncomfortable questions that she had no answers for. She has never heard of the MS Hug. This is why I have started seeking input from an MS specialist elsewhere. The good news is that I am tolerating Glatopa well and haven’t had any new or enhancing lesions in the last several years. I can give those VA doctors credit for putting me on the DMT but your videos have shown me just how far behind the lines of progress that they really are.
This helped me understand where I probably have lesions. Thank you!
#StrongerTogether
Thank you for putting out this information. I have been sharing your videos with my family because several have MS.
I was diagnosed 26 years ago.
More spinal nerve information please!
As always, very informative. I have gotten to the point where I look for emails showing where you have put out a video. Have a wonderful day, everybody. Doctor Boster, keep the information coming. I have learned more from you than I have my own Neurologist.
I try to put out a new video every monday morning 5:30a EST here on CZcams. I generally push them out to twitter and fb that same morning.
Very informative Dr. , the brain map is really helpful .
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Not only was your video this morning very methodically presented this morning I found the graphics that accompanied it excellent. Your lecture this morning did make me wonder, is it better to have a lesion in the spinal column or the brain? Thank you for another excellent presentation.
depends on exact location but generally speaking spinal cord lesions are worse
Good morning dr Boster and all the little people inside my computer 😛
Howdy Scotty!
Good morning Scotty!
Howdy Aaron Thank-you happy new year from England Derby😃👍 keep posting our village keeps learning from your posts take care and please keep posting 😃👍
You're very welcome Mario!
Thanks for another educational video, Dr B! I'd like to hear more about damage to the brainstem PONS in MS
right on
I love this. I will have to watch it several times for the info to stick, but it is so worth it!
Really interested 👍
Thankyou
Dr. Boster,
Thank You for this explanation of the Brain and Spinal Cord. This has helped me go back to the times of a relapse, symptoms and the affected brain areas. This is off the subject, I Just LOVE your new Theme Music at the start of the CZcams videos. Thank You for what you do within the World of MS.
Why are we up so early 😂❤️ shared
Thank you for sharing Desire!
The sun never sets on MS ;-)
No questions. Everything crystal clear. After hearing all that - feeling super grateful for all the problems I DON'T have. You'll make neurologists out of us yet! Best regards from Jerusalem.💖
Wonderful! TY
Awesome video Doc. Explanation was clear and simple. It was actually the first time I’ve heard and/or seen this information explained. You would think it would be something we are told when first diagnosed to have a better understanding of the brains anatomy and role in MS. Thankyou so much!
You're quite welcome!
thank you that information really help wish there was more help sooner for me
This video was EXTREMELY helpful to me in understanding my symptoms! I have a copy of my last MRI report but I was having trouble understanding the correlation between what it said and what I’m experiencing. I was able to follow along with your descriptions and diagrams to decider my report. I can’t thank you enough!
awesome thanks just the info i was looking into, you are good, i'll catch up with u in the future. I time traveled from there.
Optic neuritis can be very scary when you get it.
Very helpful to understand anatomy, thanks!🙋♀️
TY LW!
I think that someone should offer an MS lesion mapping service! Kind of like palm reading but real! I find it interesting looking at my MRI's with what you have covered knowing what my symptoms are. I now knowing what is effecting where. No wonder I can't touch my right pointer finger with my left while my eyes are closed!
Another great video! Thanks Dr B! I know there are ways we can help our brain to be as healthy as possible. My question is, do these same things apply to our spine?
I also love the new intro. Your wife is very talented. 😁🤗❤️❤️
Excellent. I’m waiting for interpretation of my last MRI by neurologist. A lot of changes in 5 years.
Love this kind of information. No one wants to answer these questions for some reason. Thank goodness you are not afraid to help us understand which lesions or groups of lesions may be contributing to our issues. I’m sure I am not alone in wanting to be empowered through understanding.
#StrongerTogether
I'd love to see a video about late-onset MS (Dx after 50). Do these patients present differently than younger ones? Can lesions be misdiagnosed as "old age" spots? Also, how common are central vertigo, dropping things, heat intolerance with HR fluctuation and falls as first symptoms of MS? Thanks so much! Finding this channel has been so very helpful!
excellent video topic, adding it to my list!
@@AaronBosterMD Awesome! Thank you :)
Fantastic explanations! Can enhancing basal ganglia lesions also affect vision as well as movement?
I would love to see the lesions on the cortex post mortem. Do you have any detailed pics you could share?
I learned SO much from this video! Thank you for all you do Dr. Boster! :)
you are welcome!
Happy New Year Dr. B and fellow villagers! Thank you for another informative and easy to understand video. I appreciate the continuing education I receive from your videos. Added bonus, no student loans attached to your “classes” 😂
Loved this! The brain showing the "wires" such a great explanation!Thank you for the simple explanation. Helps to better understand lesion location and potential effects.
Hi Dr B! great job as always! i am curious as to how excessive brain shrinkage affects MS symptoms compared with how lesions affect MS. thanks!
I know this an old video, but I would love to see an in depth video about the cerebellum. VERY newly diagnosed, literally yesterday. More specifically, the cerebellar peduncle(whatever that is!) I have several lesions on my cerebellar peduncle, centrum semi-ovale, spinal cord, and one in my occipital lobe. I've done quite a bit of research(reading articles way above my level of understanding), but I still feel lost. I've been binge watching your videos and listening to your livestream q&as while I'm working, sometimes the greater part of my 10 hour shifts, for the last month. I have gained more useful knowledge from YOU than I have from my own reading and my Neuro. Fingers crossed! I hope to catch your next Live Q&A! Thanks for all you do!
Crystal clear. I studied psychology and the brain and everything about the nervous system. I even read medical text at age 17. It's great to have a revision.
Thanks for Another great presentation. My question is about mood centres in the brain = I know mood disturbances are common in MS - where are they locating this functioning in the brain?
frontal lobe plays a major role in mood
That was incredibly informative and thorough. I learned a lot! Thank you!
Happy new year Dr.A# ! (# represents two interloping plus signs and means "sharp") Great video, perfect introduction into CNS anatomy, much easier to digest as any textbook. Thank You.
you're welcome!
Thanks so much Dr B!! I’ve almost wondered about this stuff 🧡 and it made so much sense!
So glad it helped!
Great video. My question is: how does the MS damage in the central nervous system interact with the peripheral nervous system?
Hi Dr Boster can you make a video to explain MS for our family that we can then just share the video with them. And please emphasize for our children the importance of them of what they can do to help protect them from getting MS. When I explain it they look at me like... ya ok mom and think it’s just one of my life lessons as they call it ;) God love them but maybe if they hear it from your standpoint as a MS specialist. Thank you...Stephanie from WI
Thanks you for this in dept clarification on the brain and optic nerves. Today I took my son in for a followup appointment with his neurologist and in reading the result of his latest Spinal MRI, this was the topic of discussion. My son was diagnosed with MS over the last 2 years and this has been very difficult journey for us, trying to understand why a very active and healthy 29 years old could just develop aggressive disease which have affected his movement and optic nerves. Living in Jamaica, we don't have access to the type of MS medications that you have mentioned in previous videos and this is very frustrating for us. Dr. Aaron is there anything that can be used to correct or improve the damage to his vision?
Thank you, that was a great video!
It makes me wonder about cortical lesions. The way l'm understanding MS is that our immune system attacks the myelin surrounding our nerves. But if the cortex is grey matter and doesn't have myelinated nerves, how can we have lesions there?
A couple reasons. There is myelin in gray matter, just not nearly as much. Also, MS pathology does more than just demyelination!
@@AaronBosterMD What else does it do?
I like this and think I would also like to see the spine. If you have it, I haven't seen it yet. Which is hard to believe! 😊
Could you make a futures video on how CIDP & MS differ?
I'll add this to my list, thank you!
Excellent! Although very high level, this does give a bit of insight into what my neurologist is learning from all the toe tapping and finger snapping he has me do during visits. And I probably understand it less than I think I do.
Favor: The mother of a member of our MS village is hospitalized, and SHE (the village member) is having attack - like symptoms. Please throw a link to your recent video that discusses psuedo attacks. Thank you in advance from Jerusalem! 🌸
👆Link, please! 🙏 Thank you.
Can you go into more detail about the subcortical, periatal and j cant remember the other one but those lesions.
Hey, Dr B, that was actually a really good intorduction. Really well done!
So I'm laying here at 2am...pretty certain that the significant damage that was viewed in my last MRI, is most likely present within all of the areas you have mentioned.
I hear you talking about senses, but not about the sense of smell. I'd slowly lost my sense of smell before diagnosis, but after diagnosis and about a year on a DMD, my sense of smell came back. It's sensitive and I'm not a fan of food smells if I'm not eating. 😅
Hi Dr. Your channel is amazing.
I just met the neuro this is what he says: Yes you can have ms without lesions in the brain. Yes Ms with brain lesions can cause facial symptoms you have like the numbness. But Without brain lesions it cannot cause facial symptoms like numbness or cognitive fonction. So Ms is not possible even if I have all the symptoms. No further testing or help. => Desesperate !
What would you do ?
Thanks Dr. B. I learned a lot this morning! I would love to see a video that goes a bit deeper on the spine and how the nerves there are set up and work.
Good idea! I'll do a vid on spinal cord anatomy
@@AaronBosterMD Thanks!!
Thank you Aaron for all your work & enthusiasm. I was diagnosed with Relapsing remitting MS in 2003 & have been on copaxone for 11 years, My ms has progressed significantly over the years however my MRI scans show no change ! I see an ms nurse every 6 months & she reports to the neurologist. They don’t appear to be concerned & my condition in my view is progressing rapidly.
Do you have any suggestions as to what the correct way is to approach them regarding treatment.
I don’t want to appear as an internet neurological expert as I hat never goes down well.
Thank you 🤞
Dr. Boster , I heard recently that MS patients should avoid animal products in their diets . Do you agree ? And if you have an opinion please share it with us and if we should also avoid meat 🥩. Thanks in advance 🙋🏻♀️ . ~ Kicking MS Butt for over 25 years !
I don't personally agree with that
Hi Dr Boster, this was really interesting, I may need to watch it a few times to take it all in! I wonder if some time you could talk about something I think is called the corona radiata and what it does?
Good morning! A question I’ve had is aside from losing vision, how do you know if you have/had optic neuritis? Symptoms can be subtle, such as blurry vision temporarily worse than normal or colors dulling in one eye. No pain and for short durations. Is that random or optic neuritis? Just another video question. Thanks!
I was diagnosed with one lesion on my pons. My face was numb.
hello - I was wondering is the outcome of PPMS generally worse if you are diagnosed in your early 20's as opposed to later on in life? It seems all the cases I have read have when diagnosed so early are much worse.
This is worth making a video about...
Yes please do a video on this 🧡
Please make a video on it!!
thank you very much aaron this was an awsome video and stuff I try too look up often as my scientific brain gets comfort from this type of understanding of my lisons it has made it so I understand a lot of why my symptoms are what they are and why I shoudlent be overly worried lol that being said I know iv asked before but the corpus callosum is a place my ms is really hitting mainly in the carona radtiana down to touching the corpus colosum and there's very little I can find in understanding and hope you might have some better understanding of these areas and what they might cause ... another question is you talked about the brian stem place as cranial nerve issues connection an old ms doc said shesaw a lisons grow to touch my brian stem but no other doc has said it or can I see what she saw so my question is what the part of the brian cortex deep white matter etc can cause face drooping numbness and TN pain as I've had that from the begging of my ms and its gotten worse eove the years form being just sesory not showing to showing every so often and nw effecting right side of tongue my doc is over worked and doesn't give time ti talk about these things even though he also is a ms spevulist so any awsners you have would be appreciated I'm super happy to have found you and appreciate all the knowledge you help to spread you are awsome sauce lol
Hello Sir...greetings for your fantastic videos...
I want to know
1) Do MS Lesions heal by themselves?
& 2) what does it mean when we see in an MRI, the spinal cord lesions are gone & not showing on the MRI & the number of Brain Lesions have reduced & the remaining brain lesions have shrunk much in size.
I can send you the MRI Reports confirming the same for your perusal
What does optic neuritis look like on the mri? Is optic neuritis diagnosed just from reported symptoms or does the mri show lesions on the optic nerve?
Awesome way of simplifying this. I'm really interested in executive functioning. My memory seems to be affected quite often. I'm wondering if that is the same memory as what you mentioned when speaking about it
Can there be muscle deterioration in MS? I eat great exercise when I can.But I’m always at least walking cleaning house etc..I feel like I’ve recently have had muscle disappear. Been to my primary physician all blood work normal. Had MRI of abdomen and pelvis all normal. Could this be MS? Thanks for your video.❤️
Howdy Dr Boster
What part of the brain is to do with hearing? I've had the audio test and it's ok but I still have a lot of trouble hearing voices especially if they're deep or whisper 🤗
Do lesions/demyelintion only occur in the brain and spinal cord? Not in the nerves connecting to the spinal cord around the body?
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Thank you doctor. I learned some things from this. I have over 20 lesions in my brain, in the frontal lobes, temporal lobes, occipital lobe, and many in in the pons and brainstem. I choke a lot and have strange visual problems. Nystagmus, double vision, and even one eye pulling in closer to my nose. This started after a very bad attack, before any treatment was started.
I have just had a clear brain mri but have majority of ms symptoms I’m so confused
What does it mean when you have burning in your back ?
In the optic nerve explanation it shows 6 (?) nerves at the occipital part, does a single attack of optic neuritis damage all 6 (?) of these nerves?
Long time ago, when I was teaching the entire left side of my body felt very hot. The right side was normal. Also the left side felt very sensitive and as long as there was clothing covering it was not terribly bothersome. I had thermometers and taped two on my abdomen to see if indeed one side was really hotter. It wasn’t. Eventually it went away. Where was this located in the brain. Thanks.
TY for sharing with us Carolyn
I have lots of questions do you ever do a chat room ? And if your spine has lesions and you can still walk fine just hurting feet for now does those lesions cause problems later in life or will MS attack cause disability when it hits a certain part of the spine. I don’t know a lot about MS and Google is not always helpful. Thanks
I do live streams about once a month
Aaron Boster MD Thanks I have been trying to catch you when your live and I am always late.
Hi Aaron am Roya from Sudan , I was diagnosed with MS 2years ago .I want to make a content in Arabic talking about MS in Sudan MS is very rare disease nobody knows anything about it.. can you help me making the content for the Patients and their family and friends >>> and I really want to thank you
A neurologist told me last week that MS only attacks skeletal nerves. Do yo agree?
Low back lessions can affect your movement? And if you feel tingling in the 'tail bone' that means that you have lesions in the low back?
My new neurologist says that MS does not usually attack the thalamus. What are your thoughts on this please?
Good morning! Having been undiagnosed (and therefore untreated), I wound up with my spinal chord “lighting up like a Christmas tree” according to my MS specialist. I’d love to hear more about how the location of lesions on the spinal chord converts into physical presentations of abnormal sensory perception. It seems I was coping ok until it came to cervical lesions. Those are really a bugger!!
Also, I’d be interested to hear about how my neuro was able to point to a specific portion of my brain and identify it as the location of Bell’s palsy. This happened after 3 days of inpatient IV steroids and got me two more days of tx before I spent a month at inpatient rehab and several months outpatient PT/OT. How can Bell’s palsy happen on day 4 of IV steroids?? Baffles me!
Thanks again for teaching us!
Good idea - I'll work on a spinal cord anatomy video!
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Thanks Dr. Boster. I would like to know more about the difference between upper and lower motor neurons. And why cervical lesions can cause so much grief.
Hi Meghan. I also have a teeny tiny spinal cord lesion. My MRI says front right but I get sensory and motor changes from the neck down. I recently got a cold/flu virus and I experienced a lot of new and old symptoms. It was like my spinal cord had PMS!🙃
All the exercising and the stretching and the yoga that we do, albeit somewhat limited, I'm sure are all helping long term but are pretty tough especially when they can sometimes make you feel worse and suck away all your present strength and energy. As a person with upper spinal cord lesions, is there something more I can do or target to help my lesions or to keep them from getting worse until 'they' discover and approve those remylenating agents that we're all dreaming of? Can anyone suggest or recommended alternative therapies you might try such as reiki, or massage or traditional chinese medicine or colonics or voodoo.....I think I've tried everything but am always open to new ideas???
In multiple sclerosis does The brain atrophy? I have this
As Dr Booster mentioned, everybody's brain loses volume (atrophy) after the age of 18. When you have untreated MS the atrophy is greater.
My brain atrophy used to be greater than normal when I was on Tecfidera and Copaxone. It's back to a normal rate since I switched to a more effective medication (Ocrevus).