Hello,
I am very worried because I have symptoms that can be caused by ALS.
It all began 3 month ago with sensory disturbances caused by entrapment of the ulnar nerve. I had sensory problems (elbow pain, numb fingers at night etc) and I felt an awkwardness in my right hand.
On that occasion, I began to look at my hands and realized that I had muscle wasting in the first dorsal interosseous space of the right hand (between thumb and forefinger). There is a clear difference between the left hand and the right hand. I do not know how long it's been like that, if it's been a long time.
I saw a neurologist on February 22, 2017 who did an EMG. It showed a right ulnar nerve entrapment : myelin and sensitive axonal impairment and a pure myelinous motor impairment. The neurologist planted a needle in my muscle and told me that there was no neurogenic amyotrophy.
It reassured me at the time, but after reading a lot of messages on the forum, I worry again ...
Moreover I had tested the Hoffman sign and it is positiv on both hands.
In conclusion I have:
- "amyotrophy" between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand seen since 2 month,
- an entrapment of the right ulnar nerve (but which does not explain a possible amyotrophy because only a myelinic motor impairment not axonal),
- few diffuse fasciculations for 3 weeks in a context of stress,
- right wrist pain for 6 months (in support),
- I wanted to test the sign of Hoffman and I find it positive for both hands (but not in the same way, it is not the same fingers that move: index on the left hand and the thumb on the right hand) .
I do not have :
- cramp,
- Loss of strength,
I already had an episode of fasciculations in 2011, which lasted 2 months and was very intense. I have sometimes had diffuse fasciculations.
I spend 2 month in Canada and I've seen a doctor today who said "yes, there is an amyotrophy", so he gave me the adress of a doctor to do an other EMG.
Do you think it can be the first symptoms of ALS?
The 2 things that scared me the most are the "amyotrophy" and the Hoffman sign. Some people say that it is not a specific sign and normal people can have that sign but on both hands.
Thank you
I am very worried because I have symptoms that can be caused by ALS.
It all began 3 month ago with sensory disturbances caused by entrapment of the ulnar nerve. I had sensory problems (elbow pain, numb fingers at night etc) and I felt an awkwardness in my right hand.
On that occasion, I began to look at my hands and realized that I had muscle wasting in the first dorsal interosseous space of the right hand (between thumb and forefinger). There is a clear difference between the left hand and the right hand. I do not know how long it's been like that, if it's been a long time.
I saw a neurologist on February 22, 2017 who did an EMG. It showed a right ulnar nerve entrapment : myelin and sensitive axonal impairment and a pure myelinous motor impairment. The neurologist planted a needle in my muscle and told me that there was no neurogenic amyotrophy.
It reassured me at the time, but after reading a lot of messages on the forum, I worry again ...
Moreover I had tested the Hoffman sign and it is positiv on both hands.
In conclusion I have:
- "amyotrophy" between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand seen since 2 month,
- an entrapment of the right ulnar nerve (but which does not explain a possible amyotrophy because only a myelinic motor impairment not axonal),
- few diffuse fasciculations for 3 weeks in a context of stress,
- right wrist pain for 6 months (in support),
- I wanted to test the sign of Hoffman and I find it positive for both hands (but not in the same way, it is not the same fingers that move: index on the left hand and the thumb on the right hand) .
I do not have :
- cramp,
- Loss of strength,
I already had an episode of fasciculations in 2011, which lasted 2 months and was very intense. I have sometimes had diffuse fasciculations.
I spend 2 month in Canada and I've seen a doctor today who said "yes, there is an amyotrophy", so he gave me the adress of a doctor to do an other EMG.
Do you think it can be the first symptoms of ALS?
The 2 things that scared me the most are the "amyotrophy" and the Hoffman sign. Some people say that it is not a specific sign and normal people can have that sign but on both hands.
Thank you
