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  1. coleshepter

    Could this be thenar atrophy from ALS?

    Hi, sorry to bother you but I have an update. Today I had an appointment with my neurologist. He himself noticed that my left thenar has shrunken. He thinks it is due to nerve compression in my cervical spine, that that muscle doesn't have enough nourishment. But he also was concerned about my...
  2. coleshepter

    Could this be thenar atrophy from ALS?

    You are probably right. I am currently unemployed for about a year and I am spending my days usually laying around with my phone or console in really bad positions for my neck. My posture while standing is also poor. I sometimes experience dysphagia and dyspnea but it's believed to be caused by...
  3. coleshepter

    Could this be thenar atrophy from ALS?

    Thank you, Laurie, kindly for your response. You calmed me down a lot. My health anxiety makes my days miserable as I'm always having symptoms of something sinister which is almost never the case. If I may, I'd like to ask you one more thing. I've noticed that many people afraid of ALS on this...
  4. coleshepter

    Could this be thenar atrophy from ALS?

    Thank you very much for your answer. My grandfather was in his sixties when he was diagnosed and I remember it started with weakness in his hand and he was squeezing a ball because he thought it would help. It took a long time for him to get diagnosed because it wasn't very known disease in my...
  5. coleshepter

    Could this be thenar atrophy from ALS?

    Hi, I developed tremor in my thumb on my left hand. Then I started twitching all over my body, but lately is more localized in my whole left arm, mostly shoulder, biceps, thenar, upper back. Sometimes twitches happen while muscles are relaxed, but sometimes stretching and movement of muscles...
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