family history

Hey gang November 2008 after bouts of unexplained twitching in my ancles, feet calfs, biceps (on and off, pulse here and there) for a few weeks, had to go on-line and cyberdiagnose what I had. You can guess what I came up with. It also made me dig deeper into my family history and confirm...

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I picked up my records as instructed to take to UAB to the neuro-muscular dude and looked over them of course :) Here are some of the things he wrote: Reflexes: Brachioradialis: Left is 2 + and patient has bilateral positive Hoffman's and a jaw jerk. On the right -2+ Everything was 2+ except...

My husbands mobility has declined for 3 yrs and now uses a cane to walk. Sitting is a problem too and needs to lay down for most of the day. Until now we had no possibilities of a diagnosis. It just felt like a waiting game. Anyway, 2 weeks ago we went to new Neuro at Johns Hopkins...

Hi! I am fairly certain I have ALS and just need to talk to someone who may have/may be going through the same things because I FEEL this, but no one can SEE it. I am having internal tremors 24 hours a day. My entire body shakes inside, but you can't see it when you look at me. Also, my...

Can ALS be diagnosed with bloodwork, MRI and an one EMG/NCV only? My diagnosis of ALS blindsided me since I wasn't even thinking about that particular disease. I am also wondering if the neurologists should have asked me about my family history. What role does hereditary entities play in the...

Hello, I am new to this forum, but have been reading posts for the last month. I am 44 year old male with muscle atrophy in my left calf muscle and pes cavus left foot and hammertoes. Four months ago I had an emg that was consistant with ALS or Distal Spinal Muscular Atrophy, this emg was...

I began having widespread twitching about 4 months ago. I had all the test including emg, mri, blood work, and heavy metals. All came back OK. I did a lot of research and assumed that I had BFS. However since then I have experienced pain in my biceps and have noticed that my joints seem to clip...

Hello everyone, It has been a long time since I have been here. I thought I might just update on my husbands condition and let you know what he has been doing for ALS research. He has familial ALS and 4 of the studys he is in has to do with that. The newest study he is doing is at the...

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can answer some questions I have. This is going to be long-winded so I apologize in advance, but please if you have ANY input, I would SO appreciate anything you'd care to say. I have a 12-year old niece who has been showing some symptoms that have pointed me to the...