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By Julie Stachowiak, Ph.D., About.com
Remember, if you do get the flu or have a fever for other reasons, you may also experience increased MS symptoms. Here are some questions to help you figure out if it is a true relapse or a "pseudoexacerbation" caused by increased body temperature. Please note, however, only your neurologist (with the help of an MRI) can tell for sure if you are or are not having a relapse. Also, in some cases, an infection CAN lead to a true relapse, so see your doc if you are concerned.
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"Only a neurologist can tell if you're having a relapse." Really? Having MS for 20 years, I really don't need a neurologist to tell me I'm having a relapse. If I take a nap on Sunday, keep falling asleep during the week, get weaker, and then start falling repeatedly and can't get up by Thur, it's a relapse. My MRIs don't show any changes since I was diagnosed. But I do have definite relapses that only seem helped by the short-lived, intense, course of prednisone. I think I know my own body well enough to know exactly what's happening with the MS, and think people should listen to their bodies first and foremost.
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