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    tongue twitching

    Hello, I am wondering if anyone could help me. About 15 months ago I developed a twich on the right side of my tongue. It happens when I say an sh sound or become dehydrated. if something cold or warm hits it, chew on that side, sucking a straw, yawn. i have had my doctor an Neurogist...
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    WORRIED I have ALS

    :confused:Hello all. I am a 24 year old male. Beginning in the end of June early July I started experiencing weakness in my legs and arms. A few months prior to that I was experiencing pain and tension in my lower back. I felt as if when I went to lift something, even something light, my hands...
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    alternative dental treatment

    Hi Friends, While on vacation in Ca., my sister-in-law, who has always had TMJ problems, made an appt. with her TMJ dentist to see my husband who has PBP. He told him that he is treating another man with serious Parkinson's symptoms and has helped him by evening out his bite so that cranial...
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    Can PLS be familial?

    Hi I'm new to this. We have familial MND in our family. 3 of my Dad's brothers and sisters died from MND/ALS so we know how bad it can be. I'm looking for any helpful or positive suggestions, anything at all. I'm mostly concerned for my Dad now who may have MND himself and is having tests in a...
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    Advice Please

    Hi all, hope you're all feeling ok. My Mother was diagnosed as having MND today (or they're 98% sure at least) and although we suspected it for some months, it's still a horrible shock. The doctor said that a scan on her brain showed no abnormalities, but I thought MND didn't manifest itself in...
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    Advice please

    Hello My dad is 78 and has recently had problems with slurring of his speech and excess saliva. He saw a neurologist at our local hospital who gave him a physical examination but no other tests. Then told him he needed new dentures! My dad has been to the dentist and he said he does not need new...
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    issue with my tongue

    Hi all I just joined this forum. Could I ask you a quick qn plz? For the past 3 weeks, I have been seeing teeth marks on sides of my tongue.I showed to an ENT,dentist and oral specialit.They told noting to worry.I had diarrhea for 2 weeks. Other than this I have no symptoms,...i am concerned...
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    Local anesthesia.

    I am scheduled to go to a dentist for teeth extraction. I have a doubt. Is it safe to administer a local anesthetic injection in the gums. ALS is a rare disease and the knowledge is not much here. As my appointment is due in 12 hours, some advice is needed urgently. If someone can ask some...
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    Very upset

    Hi Everyone, I have been away for awhile hoping that I would get better with my husbands diagnosis of ALS. Just when I think I am getting better it seem to hit me like a ton of bricks. He recently had two episodes of something that ended up causing the left side of his face to go numb and...
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    Dental Procedures

    Has anyone with the common symptoms of muscle twitching, weakness, muscle cramping---the whole works----had any dental procedures? I need to visit the dentist and know I will need some work, but I am terrified of what could be the aftermath. I have read a couple of posts from some who...
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