genetic

Hi all again. Hope you are all happy and coping as well as possible. My anxiety is a lot better now and all my 'symptoms' linked to ALS (or so I thought) have gone. However I still have thought in my mind that my grandad may have started the genetic ALS and will pass it down. Would this...

Hello all, My name is Josh. And there's familial a lesson my family. My mom is diagnosed with it. My grandmother died from it. My great grandfather died from it. And my great great grandfather died from it though on his birth certificate it says creeping paralysis. My mom also has a cousin that...

Hi everyone. Some background info before we start: I am 30 year old male. I have been diagnosed in the past with: Spina Bifida Occulta Scoliosis (30 degree curve in Lumbar and 49 in Cervical region of spine) Sensorimotor OCD related to swallowing and breathing Testicular cancer which was...

I lost my Dad in 1989 to ALS. To date there have been 22 or more in our family to battle this disease. Recently I've had a cousin diagnosed. It's been 28 years and now it's back. I was 17 when I lost my Dad. My cousins dad passed 6 weeks after my Dad. So many emotions, so many memories that...

Hi All, Yesterday my husband was diagnosed with a SOD1 mutation in exon 3, resulting in a N65S novel. The genetic's doctor said he has a mild case of ALS, so his condition is under the ALS umbrella but not the Classic variation. He has been progressing very slowly and only in the lower limbs...

I've been experiencing slurred speech for about a year. In Mar I saw a neurologist and in April I had a speech eval and emg that were normal. In July my neuro saw tongue fasciculation and ordered genetic testing, which showed variant on ALS2 gene. In august I repeated the speech and was...

Hello everyone, I too have read the stickies and have a question about my symptoms. I must say that muscular dystrophy runs strongly in my family and that while I, at 33, am still fairly young to have onset symptoms, obviously we are not ruling this out. I am awaiting gene testing for this...

My name is Kelly and I am 47 years old. My father passed away from bulbar onset ALS in February 2012, after a 4 month battle. About a year ago, I began noticing slight slurring of my words. It wasn't all the time, so I dismissed it. About Jan or Feb of 2016 I began noticing that my...

Hi everyone. I wanted to introduce myself to the forum.. My name is Melissa. I posted a couple months back, or so, in a different section asking "Is This ALS?". Unfortunately for me, my symptoms are progressing in my right limb, and now have noticeable fatigue in my neck and upper back. Typing...

I have a question. Where can I get genetic test for my ALS? I asked my neurologist and he referred me to ALS clinic.