I now have L'Hermitte's in my spine and my fingers in my right hand. Would there be pain associated with this as the fingers on my right hand have been feeling very painful, and it makes it hard for me to hold and use even a pencil. Thank you for taking the time to read and answer these questions. Your inquiry has several different facets and I will try to address each of them. Most MS patients experience constipation, but some have diarrhea.
Some patients alternate between constipation and diarrhea.
My approach to an MS patient with diarrhea is to rule out other causes of diarrhea, such as medications, side effects, irritable bowel syndrome, or other conditions in the colon. While some of your current medications may be implicated in diarrhea, spinal cord myelin loss from MS is a real possibility also. Myelin damage can also cause pain in the fingers occasionally. However, hand pain can also be caused by other conditions such as reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a very complex condition. Symptoms can include pain as well as cold, warm, blue, white, and swollen hands.