Dear people on this forum. Thank you in advance for reading my thread.
I'm Vera, 27 and I have been experiencing certain symptoms that made me write this post. Just for a little background information: I've been bedridden for 8 months now due to another cause and my health has been not the best. I can still shower by myself and eat luckily, but that's basically it.
Approximately two weeks ago I noticed that after showering my index finger started twitching. Didn't think top much off it but after a few days my middle finger took over and hasn't stopped since. This is also when I was taking a good look at my left hand and noticed how much thinner and flat it felt. I almost never use my hands anymore due to being bedridden except for when I shower, eat or use my phone, but I noticed also less strength in my grip.
My right hand is my dominant hand but the difference was quite noticeable, after two weeks it started to look even more weak and that's when my pinky started feeling numb and not moving smoothly when using my hand. My mother, brother and other family members also agreed it felt and looked weaker/thinner. I know being bedridden how quickly you can lose muscle, but after 8 months I never noticed my left hand looking like that. Sometimes my hand feels a little achey like musclestrain, but no tingling whatsoever. I tried buttoning buttons on a shirt to see how that would go, not extremely bad but it felt like I couldn't really control my left hand. I struggle with lifting my pinky and it's wonky when I do. What also caught my attention was that my middle finger and ring finger moved closer together because in rest my ringfinger lies against my middle finger. I can move them apart, but they cling together when I don't forcibly spread them.
I have an appointment scheduled with my primary practitioner or I don't know how exactly what the title is in English...
A friend told me maybe it could be a tennis arm because certain points he pushed on my arm (close to my elbow, close to my wrist, close to my shoulder) hurt (when pushing only) and my other arm didn't when he pushed those places.. but the twitching of my fingers wouldn't align with a tennis arm.. so..
Since today I also am experiencing some twitching in my lower left arm (so the same side as where I am experiencing atrophy and some weakness and motor issues) and some in my right calve (but this could just be my stress cause of this whole ordeal)
Thank you all for reading this, maybe someone recognises this pattern or maybe not at all. I wish you much strength.
Vera
I'm Vera, 27 and I have been experiencing certain symptoms that made me write this post. Just for a little background information: I've been bedridden for 8 months now due to another cause and my health has been not the best. I can still shower by myself and eat luckily, but that's basically it.
Approximately two weeks ago I noticed that after showering my index finger started twitching. Didn't think top much off it but after a few days my middle finger took over and hasn't stopped since. This is also when I was taking a good look at my left hand and noticed how much thinner and flat it felt. I almost never use my hands anymore due to being bedridden except for when I shower, eat or use my phone, but I noticed also less strength in my grip.
My right hand is my dominant hand but the difference was quite noticeable, after two weeks it started to look even more weak and that's when my pinky started feeling numb and not moving smoothly when using my hand. My mother, brother and other family members also agreed it felt and looked weaker/thinner. I know being bedridden how quickly you can lose muscle, but after 8 months I never noticed my left hand looking like that. Sometimes my hand feels a little achey like musclestrain, but no tingling whatsoever. I tried buttoning buttons on a shirt to see how that would go, not extremely bad but it felt like I couldn't really control my left hand. I struggle with lifting my pinky and it's wonky when I do. What also caught my attention was that my middle finger and ring finger moved closer together because in rest my ringfinger lies against my middle finger. I can move them apart, but they cling together when I don't forcibly spread them.
I have an appointment scheduled with my primary practitioner or I don't know how exactly what the title is in English...
A friend told me maybe it could be a tennis arm because certain points he pushed on my arm (close to my elbow, close to my wrist, close to my shoulder) hurt (when pushing only) and my other arm didn't when he pushed those places.. but the twitching of my fingers wouldn't align with a tennis arm.. so..
Since today I also am experiencing some twitching in my lower left arm (so the same side as where I am experiencing atrophy and some weakness and motor issues) and some in my right calve (but this could just be my stress cause of this whole ordeal)
Thank you all for reading this, maybe someone recognises this pattern or maybe not at all. I wish you much strength.
Vera
