corwin
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Hi!
Sorry for my English but I`m from small country named Bulgaria and we don`t speak English as native language.
So i`m 32 y. old and I have very nasty symptoms..
Everything starts 5-6 years ago with twitching from stress... No weakness.
1 year ago I start yawning - maybe 40-50 times a day.
5 monts ago twithching starts to get widespread and very constant( I start to take SSRI and ATARAX for anxiety)
Now thitching is not so inntensive and it`s getting better ( less twitches)
I go to neuro and he did some test
MRI head clear, Mri Cervical - c5-c6-c7 mild ostephytes( bone spurs), , Lyme negativ, HIV negative, electrolyt balance in norm, Thyroid hormones - in norm. CK 170
I have had 4 EMG for 2 months.
1st EMG - 10.09.2015( the neuro was just finished school) . only on legs , the tested 6 muscles in both legs - EMG was all clear.
2nd. EMG - 11.09.2015the lady neuro tested 4 in legs and 3 in arms - All clear.
3rd. - the lady tested my left hand - EMG DIRTY! LEFT FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEU fibrilation, sharp waves and fasciculations. All other 6 muscle fine, all muscles in hand fine. Anothe hand also fine...
4th EMG - yesterday.20.10.2015 ( they said come for follow up)
EMG about 1 hour, a lot muscles that are tested. Still fibrillation, PSW and fisciculations in only 1 muscle - FIRS DORSAL INTEROSSEU. The neuro told me( I ask a ton of questions ) somethimes trauma can cause fibrillation in this dorsal muscle. All other muscles in hand and wrist are OK, no fibr. No sharp waves, no giant wave.
Reflexes are bilateral 2+ , no hoffman, no babinsky
Diagnosis Mild c6-c8 Radiculopathy with denervation in firs dorsal interossei -ulnar. Follow up in 1 year.
The symptoms I have are twitching ( of course) and weakness in hand. It`s very
strange weakness - it`s like something drain the power of my hand. I feel that it`s weak and maybe it is but when i make tests - grip test is 190lb in left 200lb in right hand. I can make 20 curls with 25lb dumpbel with both hands and to hold them in the air for 15min. and they are both equal but i feel the left is weak..... I lost dexteryty in left hand - something it`s very difficult to do something another time it`s ok.... It`s really strange... I make test for hands - 30-40 push ups, staing with 20lb water bottle in both hands and the are equal in strenght, finger test also - also equal. Left hand is getting tired more easily but last.
Somethimes my tongue got stiff - it`s stiff feeling under the chin that cause this and it don`t moove properly. I`m taking xanax now and I don`t have problems. I don`t slurr. Have sometimes trouble woth swallowing but only saliva amd mucus because I have post nasal drop from allergy. Have sometime also problems with breathing - but I make test and it show 135% FVC. Doc told anxiety related.
And now I`m very concern about this fib. and PSW and fasc. in thoose single muscle. We don`t have here in BG MND doctor and it`s very hard to get the diagnosed...
Can this radiculopathy cause this muscle be denervated..... The doc told me cervical spine have very mild changes....... Can 1 muscle cause ALS?
I have 8th month baby and I`m very very scared.
Thanks for the help and sorry again for my bad english.
Sorry for my English but I`m from small country named Bulgaria and we don`t speak English as native language.
So i`m 32 y. old and I have very nasty symptoms..
Everything starts 5-6 years ago with twitching from stress... No weakness.
1 year ago I start yawning - maybe 40-50 times a day.
5 monts ago twithching starts to get widespread and very constant( I start to take SSRI and ATARAX for anxiety)
Now thitching is not so inntensive and it`s getting better ( less twitches)
I go to neuro and he did some test
MRI head clear, Mri Cervical - c5-c6-c7 mild ostephytes( bone spurs), , Lyme negativ, HIV negative, electrolyt balance in norm, Thyroid hormones - in norm. CK 170
I have had 4 EMG for 2 months.
1st EMG - 10.09.2015( the neuro was just finished school) . only on legs , the tested 6 muscles in both legs - EMG was all clear.
2nd. EMG - 11.09.2015the lady neuro tested 4 in legs and 3 in arms - All clear.
3rd. - the lady tested my left hand - EMG DIRTY! LEFT FIRST DORSAL INTEROSSEU fibrilation, sharp waves and fasciculations. All other 6 muscle fine, all muscles in hand fine. Anothe hand also fine...
4th EMG - yesterday.20.10.2015 ( they said come for follow up)
EMG about 1 hour, a lot muscles that are tested. Still fibrillation, PSW and fisciculations in only 1 muscle - FIRS DORSAL INTEROSSEU. The neuro told me( I ask a ton of questions ) somethimes trauma can cause fibrillation in this dorsal muscle. All other muscles in hand and wrist are OK, no fibr. No sharp waves, no giant wave.
Reflexes are bilateral 2+ , no hoffman, no babinsky
Diagnosis Mild c6-c8 Radiculopathy with denervation in firs dorsal interossei -ulnar. Follow up in 1 year.
The symptoms I have are twitching ( of course) and weakness in hand. It`s very
strange weakness - it`s like something drain the power of my hand. I feel that it`s weak and maybe it is but when i make tests - grip test is 190lb in left 200lb in right hand. I can make 20 curls with 25lb dumpbel with both hands and to hold them in the air for 15min. and they are both equal but i feel the left is weak..... I lost dexteryty in left hand - something it`s very difficult to do something another time it`s ok.... It`s really strange... I make test for hands - 30-40 push ups, staing with 20lb water bottle in both hands and the are equal in strenght, finger test also - also equal. Left hand is getting tired more easily but last.
Somethimes my tongue got stiff - it`s stiff feeling under the chin that cause this and it don`t moove properly. I`m taking xanax now and I don`t have problems. I don`t slurr. Have sometimes trouble woth swallowing but only saliva amd mucus because I have post nasal drop from allergy. Have sometime also problems with breathing - but I make test and it show 135% FVC. Doc told anxiety related.
And now I`m very concern about this fib. and PSW and fasc. in thoose single muscle. We don`t have here in BG MND doctor and it`s very hard to get the diagnosed...
Can this radiculopathy cause this muscle be denervated..... The doc told me cervical spine have very mild changes....... Can 1 muscle cause ALS?
I have 8th month baby and I`m very very scared.
Thanks for the help and sorry again for my bad english.