My mother was diagnosed last year. The majority of her body has succumbed to ALS. She can still speak, move her left arm, and her neck.
Over the past few weeks, her mental state has changed. She has always been someone who speaks her mind, and in some cases - should not - but rarely to...
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Hey everyone,
Sorry to roll a few eyes at the"do I have als question" but I'm a little bit worried and possibly over thinking everything but for the last 16 months I've had symptoms, my daughter was premature due to preclampsia and I was really ill. I have hyperreflexia I put it down to...
Hello everyone, I just want to start off by saying that I know only a doctor can diagnose me with anything. I have also read the stickies and have a few questions about hypoflexia. I realize no one can diagnosis me with anything but a doctor. Like, what is it exactly and how is it diagnosed? And...
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Nerve conduction normal.
Occasional fascic. present in right FDI, right gastrocnemius and right personal muscles.
Increased insertional activity with fibrillation potentials and positive waves in the tibialus anterior muscle.
Motor units in the Right EIP, FDI...
I'm new here and just got the devastating news that my dad may have pls. He had brain and cervical spine mris, nerve conduction test, and emg. Neurologist is guessing pls as nothing else makes sense. He's referring my dad to another neurologist at uc irvine, dr. Mozzafar who has the equipment to...
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Hi everyone,
I have been having fasciculations throughout my body (mostly in my calves and hands) since Jan 2016. I did a EMG in 2016 and the doctor said it was benign fasciculation syndrome. Now to 2018, I was recently diagnosed with Celiac Disease (gluten) and have been experiencing more...
Hi everyone, me again.
My first thread was closed in the beginning of this year and I have really tried to let this go since many of you reassured me it didnt sound like ALS.
As you know I had a quite big investigation done in 2017 with a bunch of bloodwork, MRI of brain and back, and one EMG...
Hi! I have been a lurker here for awhile now and decided it is time for me to post. Please do not be afraid to tell me I am crazy or that I don't have a reason being here, but I wanted to address my worries. I know you all are battling, know or have lost someone with this terrible disease, and...
Hello, I have a question about my condition - I have quite a lot of fasciculations (thighs, calves, shoulders, hands, face, chest, back, little "feelable jolts" time to time on tongue, sometimes even inside of my ear - drum and sometimes I can see flickering in my eyes similar that I see...
First of all, thank you to everyone taking the time to read this. I appreciate and respect your knowledge and look forward to your feedback.
I'm not sure where to start. So I will pick last summer, August I believe it was. I got on my bike and couldn't ride for more than a couple of...