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    Sinking - got a lifeline?

    Hi everyone. I apologize in advance for the length of this post. I’ve only been a registered user for less than 24 hours but am really impressed with the empathy and knowledge of posters and moderators. What a fantastic resource. I am on this site to not only utilize the nuts and bolts of...
    • Thomas3857
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    • als atrophy back bed brain children cramping diagnosed driving early emg fasciculations father fatigue foot helpful hope hours medical muscle muscle fatigue neurologist reading symptoms tests
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Father had Als concerned I do too

    Hello everyone, just want to say I am a firm believer of Jesus. So my symptoms started as having a hard time taking a deep breath and gasping for air. I went to the ER they took a chest xray and said it was asthma, they prescribed me a 6 day supply of steroids and sent me on my way. I took the...
    • Godislove
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    • als back breathing concerned father heart life muscle muscle twitches neurologist shortness of breath sleep steroids stress symptoms test tests twitches
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Strange symptoms

    I want to preface my first post here to say that my concern has led me to investigate about ALS in a way that makes me feel a deep sympathy for everyone affected by ALS (whether in his/her own flesh, or through a family member.) I also want to help those who make this forum possible. I will...
    • EarthlingOne
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    • als back bed diagnosis family family member finger fingers hours mobility muscle muscle wasting night reading ring finger symptom symptoms thumb twitches twitching video weakness
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    My wife (36y)

    Hi, 8 months ago we was on holiday, she run, rode a bike, walking 10km. In August she has started to have fasciculations in the thighs and with the index finger. In October she got damage to peripheral nerves diagnose without any motor neurons damages. In February this year we had new tests and...
    • rafiksq
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    • brain bulbar diagnose fasciculations finger fingers holiday muscle progression thumb wife
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Could this be ALS?

    I will try to make this brief. Symptoms: *. Muscle twitching: started out in a few places about a month ago. Then increased all over. Now has decreased but in more specific spots (calves, thighs, abdomen, shoulder area). It seems almost as if the twitching is moving from lower body to...
    • FaithnHope
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    • abdomen age als als? back clinical emg family female food lump mri muscle muscle twitching neurologist night shaking shoulder spasms swallow testing twitching wanted work worried
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Worried Teacher

    Hello, I am worried that I might have ALS. I am a 27 year old female. My first symptoms began about 1 month ago with weakness in my arms. About 12 days ago I began having twitching throughout my body. The twitching began everywhere including, arms, legs, hands, back, stomach, butt. Over the...
    • Room356
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    • als back female flu muscle neurologist spasms symptoms twitching weakness worried
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Question

    Hi, I know I have been here before but I just have a quick question and I don’t want to google.... I have body wide fasics- for over a year, no weakness but feel like I have mouth throat pnd drip issues, constant phlegm. My question- when someone has bulber, and they have bodywide...
    • sjtom
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    • dying emg muscle muscles onset phlegm tongue twitching weakness
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    Husband is a possible carrier of c9 gene - anxiety over symptoms.

    Hi Everyone, My husband is 35 years old and has lost a cousin, an aunt, 2 uncles, (all to ALS) and currently watches his mom battle the final stages of ALS. His family carries the c9 gene. Upon visiting with his mom over Christmas (they live out of state) and spending a week surrounded by ALS...
    • Valerie064
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    • ability als als? anxiety burning christmas early family genetic genetic testing hope husband muscle muscles research stages support symptoms testing thenar thumb treatment twitches twitching worried
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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    25 year old with odd symptoms

    Hi, So about a week ago I suddenly had right arm and leg weakness. That went away and then it became left arm and leg weakness. Then it moved down to my calf and piriformis muscle. There are also sometimes tightness and twitching involved. I know these symptoms came on suddenly but of course I...
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    Significant artrophy left leg

    I am norwegian, so my english may be a bit wierd. I am a 33 year old woman. I was diagnosed with reumatoid arhritis in 2014. It has affected my left knee and ancle pretty bad. I have had multiple steroid injections, but the inflammation has been bad and ongoing for almost 5 year now. So I am...
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