ranzaldua25
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- TX
Hello
I'm a 32 yr old male who has been experiencing multiple symptoms. I first noticed these symptoms about 2 months ago. I noticed right side weakness and what looks to me like atrophy (Drs have said they do not notice a significant difference between my left and right side). It seemed clear that I was having to utilize more force or strength to do many of my daily normal things with my right side, even walking. Various doctors have not noticed any clinical weakness during any of my appointments. A few weeks after I noticed a difficulty in swallowing, especially solid foods. There were a couple of choking incidents but I feel like i have learned how to eat smaller bites and that helps. I visited a neurologist last month and explained my symptoms. She performed a physical exam and noted that there were no abnormalities. Scheduled an emg/ncs of my right leg and arm on 9/19(attached) which came back clean (the neurologist actually stopped at my leg since she didnt see any abnormalities. Fast forward to a few days ago I had my follow up appointment where we discussed the emg and performed another physical exam that showed no abnormalities. A couple of days ago I started having spasms and some jerks throughout my entire body. Obviously this scared me so I have made a follow up to discuss this but just wanted to ask for some advice, should I be worried?
I'm a 32 yr old male who has been experiencing multiple symptoms. I first noticed these symptoms about 2 months ago. I noticed right side weakness and what looks to me like atrophy (Drs have said they do not notice a significant difference between my left and right side). It seemed clear that I was having to utilize more force or strength to do many of my daily normal things with my right side, even walking. Various doctors have not noticed any clinical weakness during any of my appointments. A few weeks after I noticed a difficulty in swallowing, especially solid foods. There were a couple of choking incidents but I feel like i have learned how to eat smaller bites and that helps. I visited a neurologist last month and explained my symptoms. She performed a physical exam and noted that there were no abnormalities. Scheduled an emg/ncs of my right leg and arm on 9/19(attached) which came back clean (the neurologist actually stopped at my leg since she didnt see any abnormalities. Fast forward to a few days ago I had my follow up appointment where we discussed the emg and performed another physical exam that showed no abnormalities. A couple of days ago I started having spasms and some jerks throughout my entire body. Obviously this scared me so I have made a follow up to discuss this but just wanted to ask for some advice, should I be worried?