rickymm3
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- philadelphia
Hi everyone. About 2 years ago, my dad started with a small potato size numbness on his calf, along with nearly endless amounts of fasciculations all over his body. 2 years later, and after many visits to HUP and John Hopkins, we are just about out of hope.
At this point, he has complete numbness in his left leg, which is starting to spread into his right.
Enough with the background, my question involves his recent biopsy. They were checking for inflammation and gave him a nasty few cuts on the top and bottom of his legs. At some point following this procedure, he got a nasty abrasion right next to his stitches.
This abrasion got infected and is not healing normally. Since we have not yet gotten a 100% diagnosis of ALS, and since contacting the doctor for questions like this is difficult, I wanted to ask how numbness and or ALS affects cuts/abrasions, and overall healing in the affected body parts. Is it common for infections and an incredibly slow healing time?
Any past experiences or knowledge would be helpful! Thanks!
At this point, he has complete numbness in his left leg, which is starting to spread into his right.
Enough with the background, my question involves his recent biopsy. They were checking for inflammation and gave him a nasty few cuts on the top and bottom of his legs. At some point following this procedure, he got a nasty abrasion right next to his stitches.
This abrasion got infected and is not healing normally. Since we have not yet gotten a 100% diagnosis of ALS, and since contacting the doctor for questions like this is difficult, I wanted to ask how numbness and or ALS affects cuts/abrasions, and overall healing in the affected body parts. Is it common for infections and an incredibly slow healing time?
Any past experiences or knowledge would be helpful! Thanks!