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About 5 months ago, my fiance started experiencing weakness in his right hand. Loss of dexterity may even be a better way to describe what he was experiencing. A few weeks later he started to experience the same in his left hand. Then his right foot began to feel stiff in the morning and he isn't able to curl his toes on the right the same as the left.
He then began to experience muscle fasiculations in some parts of his body- which has now increased from once in a while to constantly throughout the day. Also, his knuckles have been cracking a lot.
At the onset of weakness in his hands he had an EMG done- the DR. told him he had Ulner Nerve Entrapment and needed surgery right away. Then he started to experience muscle fasicultions and became suspicious of ALS. Prior to the fasculations increasing, he had a second EMG which showed some in his feet but didn't pick up anywhere else. The Doctor said they weren't fasicultions that would be from ALS. Literally 10 days after the 2nd EMG the fasiculations greatly increased!
We just saw an ALS specialist but he is not sure what's goin on. Is it possible to have nothing show up right away? Should he get another? We have looked online to try to figure out what this could be but the only thing that matches his symptoms is ALS. Is it possible that the EMG's were done too early and they are not picking up denervation?
He then began to experience muscle fasiculations in some parts of his body- which has now increased from once in a while to constantly throughout the day. Also, his knuckles have been cracking a lot.
At the onset of weakness in his hands he had an EMG done- the DR. told him he had Ulner Nerve Entrapment and needed surgery right away. Then he started to experience muscle fasicultions and became suspicious of ALS. Prior to the fasculations increasing, he had a second EMG which showed some in his feet but didn't pick up anywhere else. The Doctor said they weren't fasicultions that would be from ALS. Literally 10 days after the 2nd EMG the fasiculations greatly increased!
We just saw an ALS specialist but he is not sure what's goin on. Is it possible to have nothing show up right away? Should he get another? We have looked online to try to figure out what this could be but the only thing that matches his symptoms is ALS. Is it possible that the EMG's were done too early and they are not picking up denervation?