Pinetree
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- May 29, 2017
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- Reason
- Lost a loved one
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- US
- State
- CO
- City
- Colorado Springs
Hi everyone,
Thanks for taking a moment to read my post.
I'm a 32 year old woman, generally good health. The past month or so, I've been having hand issues. I wake up with numb, non responsive pinky and ring finger. A few minutes of hot water, and it's much better. Now I'm having some pain in my forearm and tricep. I think I may see some atrophy, but this could be in my head. Some hand weakness, nothing profound. It's a problem with both hands, but more pronounced in dominant hand.
I'm also having muscle twitches. They are not constant or localized. Generally, a handful everyday, in the legs. My legs also fatigue more easily than they used to, doing normal things like climbing stairs.
I'm not a total basket case. I realize that there are some far more likely explanations than ALS. Ulnar nerve damage from the usual boring things that happen, and muscles twitch sometimes... But I keep coming back to ALS, because I'm from an fals family.
Does this sound like a possible presentation of ALS?
Thanks for taking a moment to read my post.
I'm a 32 year old woman, generally good health. The past month or so, I've been having hand issues. I wake up with numb, non responsive pinky and ring finger. A few minutes of hot water, and it's much better. Now I'm having some pain in my forearm and tricep. I think I may see some atrophy, but this could be in my head. Some hand weakness, nothing profound. It's a problem with both hands, but more pronounced in dominant hand.
I'm also having muscle twitches. They are not constant or localized. Generally, a handful everyday, in the legs. My legs also fatigue more easily than they used to, doing normal things like climbing stairs.
I'm not a total basket case. I realize that there are some far more likely explanations than ALS. Ulnar nerve damage from the usual boring things that happen, and muscles twitch sometimes... But I keep coming back to ALS, because I'm from an fals family.
Does this sound like a possible presentation of ALS?