Hi,
I'd like to know if advanced ALS patients usually are hunched back, like their shoulders are pulled forward? One of my uncles has many symptoms that make me suspect ALS (extreme loss weight, out of breath when he talks, fasciculations all over his body, cramping, twitches, extreme fatigue & weakness).
I just saw him today and his center of gravity is not what it normally was, his shoulders and upper torso look like they are being pulled forward.
He's 70 but he looks like he's 90, he's so skinny and weak. It breaks my heart to see him this way. He saw many specialists and no one has mentioned ALS. He had a Lyme test done and it came back positive. I know a few people who's Lyme eventually turned into ALS. When it's addressed quickly with antibiotics, the progression of Lyme-induced ALS can sometimes be halted, but not in advanced cases, and I fear my uncle's condition is progressing very fast.
Thanks for your input,
Julie
PS: English is not my mother tongue, so pardon my weird syntax.
I'd like to know if advanced ALS patients usually are hunched back, like their shoulders are pulled forward? One of my uncles has many symptoms that make me suspect ALS (extreme loss weight, out of breath when he talks, fasciculations all over his body, cramping, twitches, extreme fatigue & weakness).
I just saw him today and his center of gravity is not what it normally was, his shoulders and upper torso look like they are being pulled forward.
He's 70 but he looks like he's 90, he's so skinny and weak. It breaks my heart to see him this way. He saw many specialists and no one has mentioned ALS. He had a Lyme test done and it came back positive. I know a few people who's Lyme eventually turned into ALS. When it's addressed quickly with antibiotics, the progression of Lyme-induced ALS can sometimes be halted, but not in advanced cases, and I fear my uncle's condition is progressing very fast.
Thanks for your input,
Julie
PS: English is not my mother tongue, so pardon my weird syntax.