The “MS Hug” Demystified
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on April 16th, 2009 in In The News, Linked Articles, Symptoms.
Suddenly you feel an intense tightening around your chest, along with pain and a burning sensation. You clutch your chest, awash in fear.
If you have never had this experience before, you wonder… is this a heart attack… a panic attack… an asthma attack… and you will definitely want to contact your physician.
But if you have multiple sclerosis and been through this before, you’ll recognize this as the mysterious MS Hug… the Chest Hug… the Girdle… otherwise known as dysesthesias.
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