I have been reluctant to post anything here (have been reading for a while) because i felt that it would just fuel my anxiety, but now I feel like it may be beneficial. I realize that I may just be suffering from medical anxiety, however, i do have a few symptoms that i know are not just in my...
About 18 months ago my Dad started losing weight. He was eating normally but continued to lose weight alarmingly fast. Doctors thought it was down to a cyst on his liver so in December 2016 he underwent an operation to remove this cyst. When he came around after the aneasthetic He had...
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I am a caregiver for a close friend with ALS. We are late in the stages of it, and it really seems to be moving quickly. New things every day...
My PALS is home with close friends spread around the clock to assist with the ability to stay home.
The atrophy is really...
I seem to strain my abs and core muscles (wrapping around to my lower/mid back) very easily. For example if I have a cold and cough, even if I'm not coughing much at all, those muscles get terribly strained. Lately they have been really strained and I can't even pinpoint what set it off this...
My husband has serious coughing and choking throughout the day and especially at bedtime and during the night. With or without food/liquids. I know sometimes it is the collection of mucus because I can hear it. He almost sounds like he is drowning. Other times it seems dry so I assume it is...
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Hello all,
After a year of diagnosed als and my mother seems to have a throat infection and is chocking at night especially when she goes to sleep. Doc said that her oxygen level is fine but she keeps geting that. My mother says she does not feel any mucus from the infection and the cough feels...
About two years after receiving his ALS diagnosis, my dad started to experience excessive saliva. He had to clear his throat through coughing because it was difficult for him to spit.
After trying Nuedexta, Amitriptyline, and several other prescription drugs, we found Glycopyrrolate to be by...
Hi all, I am back. So recently, my PALS has experienced more often then not coughing fits that resemble water down your windpipe (which might actually be happening?) I guess I get that part, but I stand there feeling completely helpless as when he goes to breath in air during a "fit" he is...
Hello!
I have read so much and learned so much that I have not had to post many questions. I do however have one today...
My sister's ALS is very aggressive/progressive. She has been hit very hard very quickly. She started with symptoms April 2016 and was diagnosed in Nov 2016. Since last...
Is this a thing? I used the search feature and found a number of posts confirming that a cough can be an issue for those with bulbar problems. But I didn't see anything specific to reclining or sleeping.
I'm pretty sure I'm not sick with a virus or anything, but am sleeping poorly because I...