catatau5
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Hi, i'm male 22yr old, from Brazil, so first of all sorry for my bad english.
About a two months ago, i started to feel tingles in left side of my face, in my right leg and palm and pinky and ring fingers of my right hand. The feel in the hand and the leg it was not exactly tingles, is like more swelling like when you sleep on your arm.
Likes it started out of nowhere. Someday I just lay down and feel this.
On the follow days I started to feel a kind of pain in my right arm and right leg. Like a fatigue. I noticed that repetitive movements made those muscles burn.
Even without making repetitive movements, about two weeks after the tingling began, one day, in my college graduation, I got stung by this pain and it bothered me to keep my arm raised in an oath.
I have been testing my physical strength at home and it seems normal
But now, two things happened: the tingling sensation passed, in fact it continues slightly on the left side of my face, close to the cheek...in the other way, I began to feel muscular contractions throughout my body, especially in both legs. When I lie down to sleep I just can not do it because the feeling of contraction in both legs bothers me. I feel it on my right arm too. And I think for two days I saw my legs shaking as I tried to sleep.
The pain seems to have diminished, but I still feel it mainly in the right leg.
A few days ago I realized that my right hand is a bit awkward, especially the big toe that sometimes shakes lightly.
What really worried me and made my coronation accelerate was the post I read today here. A boy of my age who was also looking for a diagnosis said he read on the internet that one of the early symptoms of ALS was the accumulation of phlegm in the throat and the need to clean it constantly. Well I've had it for a few months now! A very consistent white phlegm constantly appears in my throat that does not go down when swallowing, it sticks to the wall of the throat and I need to gargle with warm water and salt to remove it.
I have not yet consulted the specialist doctor but I am extremely worried, I know I look very hypochondriac but this report shocked me. It's very coincidental these strange symptoms that are appearing out of nowhere with this phlegm thing in my throat that has appeared for some time.
About a two months ago, i started to feel tingles in left side of my face, in my right leg and palm and pinky and ring fingers of my right hand. The feel in the hand and the leg it was not exactly tingles, is like more swelling like when you sleep on your arm.
Likes it started out of nowhere. Someday I just lay down and feel this.
On the follow days I started to feel a kind of pain in my right arm and right leg. Like a fatigue. I noticed that repetitive movements made those muscles burn.
Even without making repetitive movements, about two weeks after the tingling began, one day, in my college graduation, I got stung by this pain and it bothered me to keep my arm raised in an oath.
I have been testing my physical strength at home and it seems normal
But now, two things happened: the tingling sensation passed, in fact it continues slightly on the left side of my face, close to the cheek...in the other way, I began to feel muscular contractions throughout my body, especially in both legs. When I lie down to sleep I just can not do it because the feeling of contraction in both legs bothers me. I feel it on my right arm too. And I think for two days I saw my legs shaking as I tried to sleep.
The pain seems to have diminished, but I still feel it mainly in the right leg.
A few days ago I realized that my right hand is a bit awkward, especially the big toe that sometimes shakes lightly.
What really worried me and made my coronation accelerate was the post I read today here. A boy of my age who was also looking for a diagnosis said he read on the internet that one of the early symptoms of ALS was the accumulation of phlegm in the throat and the need to clean it constantly. Well I've had it for a few months now! A very consistent white phlegm constantly appears in my throat that does not go down when swallowing, it sticks to the wall of the throat and I need to gargle with warm water and salt to remove it.
I have not yet consulted the specialist doctor but I am extremely worried, I know I look very hypochondriac but this report shocked me. It's very coincidental these strange symptoms that are appearing out of nowhere with this phlegm thing in my throat that has appeared for some time.