is this als?

Hello everyone, I am sorry to bother you. I am from China and my English is not good. I am 15 years old and no one in my family has a nervous system disease. I learned about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis a month ago. Soon I felt that my right arm was weak and my left arm was weak. I went to...

Hello everyone, in a 38 year old male. I worked out 3 - 4 times a week until the onset of fasiculations, which started 2 1/2 months ago. Since then, my time has been spent between doctor visits and a constant anxiety and worry. I try to workout, but it's down to maybe once a week because of the...

I am a 42 year old woman. I have been having muscle twitches all over my body for 3 months now, I have been to the dr multiple times. My blood work is perfect, they have checked my potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium etc, also checked my thyroid and para thyroid, my CPK is normal, no...

Hello everyone, First of all, i am sorry for all who are newly diagnosed, hold on and don't give up untill your last breath! I don't know what is happening with me recently but i hope that is not ALS. However i will have EMG test on August 20th and i will know the truth. I am ready for the...

Hi everyone My name is Alan Rodriguez,I'm 26 years old, I'm Mexican and currently living in the country's capital. I've read the obligatory post to read before creating a thread, i do this to know your opinion and to be heard more than for my peace of mind, i hope I'm not breaking any rules...

Hi everyone, I’m a 27 year old male. I recently concerned about ALS a lot, would like to get help. I recently experienced an unusual shake in my left hand when using a spoon, 2 days later it becomes weakness in my left hand and my fingers became less flexible, and my right hand started to have...

First of all, thank you for allowing me to tell you my story .... sorry for my bad writing English. i am very scared, I think I have many symptoms of ALS, like your opinion. Since 1,5 year I have very slow loss of strength, especially in the legs but recently also in my arms. If I lift...

For 2 years now i have the following problems (excuse for the faults, come from Holland), my problems; -symmetrical weakness in legs, a bit in arms, a litte increases in 2 years, look thinner -little stifness upper leggs, specially walking downstairs -problems with swallow foot, liquids going...

Hi! Please be kind to me, I'm scared and I'm trying to receive help from our local hospital but they won't do much. So lately I've been having some difficulties with pronouncing some consonants, for example three days in a row I've hade problems with saying words with L and R. I was saying the...

Hello I have some health problems for 5 months now and it is destroying me. And I have some questions for you to clarify what docs could not. It started with twitching in legs mostly in thighs and calfs but it became widespread. Next I started felling a weakness after some sport activities. Like...