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  1. Y

    Slight atrophy and weakness on one side of the body

    Dear all, please excuse me if I’m bothering you, I need an advice! So in january, it will be 3 and a half years since i started twitching.I twitch all over, even the places I don’t have atrophy. Since than I teitch 24/7. From the very beggining i noticed that some minor atrophy is developing and...
    • Yvme
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    • ache advice als atrophy calf atrophy cals clinical denervation diagnosed emg fasciculations food foot mnd mri muscles neurologist pain pma problems reading reflex scared swallow thenar thumb tongue twitching weakness worried wrong
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  2. J

    Realy scared....is this ALS???

    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...
    • Jacobs
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    • als als? back eating exercise food is this als is this als? lift muscle muscle twitches muscles neurologist pressure problems scared story swallowing symptoms symptoms of als tongue twitches voice weakness
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  3. K

    Extreme dysphagia, diagnosed with "unspecified autoimmune", would like some input

    Extreme dysphagia, diagnosed with "unspecified autoimmune", would like some input I have done the math, and I'm a statistician - getting diagnosed with ALS is extremely rare. For someone like me, younger than 30 (I am 29), it's even more rare. On top of that, "bulbar onset ALS" is an additional...
    • kpareed44
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    • als autoimmune back battery brain bulbar bulbar onset choking diagnosed diagnosis dysphagia food neurologist onset problems steroids stroke swallowing symptoms tests tongue twitch unknown video
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. L

    Does my mom have ALS?

    Hi ! I am new here and I wanted to know if my mom has ALS... Here is the history: My mom frequently woke up choking...some time passed and it never happens again. well, 1 year, I think, later, she starts to stumble in the streets with her left foot. later she started to limp too...she had...
    • Likrause
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    • als als symptoms als? bulbar bulbar als choke choking diagnosed fasciculations foot new here symptoms tongue tongue fasciculations wanted wheelchair
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  5. H

    Humbly asking for experiential input

    Hello I am mid 40s yo male with a background in the medical field. I would like to ask anyone if their symptoms started like mine and any recourse I would have pending. 4 months ago my legs started be tired and heavy proximal but wide fluctuations. I am a very anxious person and als fears came...
    • Happyseeker
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    • acetylcholine als anxiety brain bulbar clean emg clinic dysphagia eating family fasciculations food hope life lyme medical mri muscle night normal emg pls questions speech symptoms testing tongue
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. L

    Possible ALS "symptoms make a good case for it"

    Hi, I've had lots of neuro symptoms for years now, but the past year have been the first time I've actually had a neurologist that has seen some UMN and LMN signs. I've had fasiculations in my lower legs, I get parasthesias, I've had some trippings at times, I get tiredness in my legs at...
    • LinK
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    • advice als atrophy back cramping denial diagnose life neurologist onset possible als spasms speech swallowing swallowing issues symptoms tests tiredness tongue umn weakness wrists
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. C

    Concerned - looking for input

    Hello, I’m a 26YO male with no serious medical history outside of an unrelated congenital heart defect. I have no history of anxiety, don’t take any medications, and have never been unreasonably concerned about having a serious disease before (When I’ve been concerned, I’ve been diagnosed and...
    • Concerned26
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    • anxiety back concerned diagnosed food heart medical research swallowing symptoms symptoms? tongue twitches
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  8. M

    Concerns about symptoms

    My issues started in 2014. I started having numbness and tingling on one side of my body and when I would move I would walk my right leg would have a slow response. I saw a neurologist and my clinical exam looked fine and he ordered no testing. These feelings seemed to come and go over the next...
    • MomWiljax
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    • anxiety back brain cell clinical diagnosed early emg headaches heart lift mri muscle twitching muscles neck pain neurologist pain spasms symptom symptoms testing tongue twitching wanted work
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  9. A

    Muscle burning and Tremors for two years before sudden onset of ALS-like symptoms

    Backstory: I am a 20 year old male, with a sudden onset of ALS symptoms, after two years of ALS-unrelated symptoms. I am concerned about juvenile ALS. In June of 2015, I began feeling tightness in my calf and began tripping on carpets. I began experiencing muscle burning when I exercised, and...
    • ariansherian
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    • als als symptoms burning emg eyes family family history food foot mri muscle muscle burning myasthenia gravis onset scared swallowing symptom symptoms tests tongue twitching weakness
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  10. O

    Concussion or..? (Warning: looong!)

    Hello everyone in here. First off I want to say that I have been lurking on here for a couple of weeks, and the courage I have seen from people here is beyond anything I would have expected from people in such difficult situations - all you who suffer from ALS or MNDs and all of you who have...
    • Ostemad
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    • als arm atrophy awareness back clinical communication eye fasciculations fingers headache heart hope life mri neurologist night respiratory stress symptoms testing tongue wanted weakness worried wrong
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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