wrist drop

Hi - I've had twitching for 2 years, initially in the feet arches and calves, now more widespread (arms, back, fingers). Slight feeling of cramp in hand and left calf. Went to the neuro regarding increased twitches and was worried about shrinkage of muscles around my thumbs. Neuro did a few...

Hi everyone, Ok so I posted here after 3 months of the symptoms first occurring since then I have seen a Nuro and noted there was no abnormalities. Unfortunately another 3 months on, I have had worse symptoms. I have had to go private and pay for my Nuro which I see in two weeks as I can't...

Hello, I have read through the sticky and I see that if you do not have clinical weakness, then you probably shouldn't be concerned. However I was just looking for some incite as to if my symptoms could indicate ALS. I went to the GP today and after the exam, I was told that I will get an...

After lurking around here for a few months and trying to learn more about this disease and my own symptoms, I have never seen so much conflicting information on a single website/forum. I have read the symptoms and progression of hundreds of people with ALS (including most members with thousands...

New here, have been lurking for about a year, however. 38 year old male, no health problems prior to the one I'm going through at the moment: My symptoms started as weakness during long typing sessions in Dec 2010, and until Jun 2011 presented as something you would expect in CTS (wrist drop...

i am a 31 year female who is supposed to be enjoying her young family but 7 months ago after the birth of my son i noticed pain in my left forearm which was shooting up to my fingers and within a couple of weeks i could not extend my fingers properly and had wrist drop. i went to my GP and she...

i am a 31 year female who is supposed to be enjoying her young family but 7 months ago after the birth of my son i noticed pain in my left forearm which was shooting up to my fingers and within a couple of weeks i could not extend my fingers properly and had wrist drop. i went to my GP and she...

hi all, I m 39 year old male with nice wife & 2 kids (11 & 6 yrs old). I m suffering from some sensory & some neurological symptoms from mid September 2010. I would give chronological history of my illness. Before all these started i was athelatic person having no history of past illness. On...

hi i had broken left humeral shaft in may 10 for that i had a surgery & put a plate there. but after that i observed left wrist drop due to damage to radial nerve. i again had a tendon transfer surgery in august 10 for wrist drop. i had a big casting on my left hand for a period of 4 weeks...

Hello- I have been around this forum for a while now (over a year). I recently had an EMG at OSU by a neuromuscular specialist and it was clean except for a few faciculations detected in my legs. My latest symptoms are very alarming to me and I need input & feedback 1. When I lay my...