Apricotmelon
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- Learn about ALS
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- NY
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- San diego
Hello everyone!
I am here to ask a question about possible ALS symptoms. My uncle recently noticed that his left arm has been acting strangely. He cant seem to balance things he carries (think like how one carries a pizza box. He makes pizzas and holds boxes with that hand but seems to be unable to balance it after 10 seconds or so.)He says its worse when he is distracted and he "forgets" he was holding the item causing him to be inable to balnce the item and thus he drops it. He has also noticed that whenever he is extending his arm as in he is holding a cup, he notices that after a few seconds, his arm feels fatigued and begins to lower. This has led to incidents of him dropping things or spilling things due to this. I have asked him to demonstrate and he is able to hold an item but after around ten seconds his arm starts lowering and says he feels tired and just lowers. We went to a doctor and they did strength tests. His grip is strong and he can move his fingers well. The only thing is that she found that his tricep area when pushing forward was a little weaker in his left arm than the right arm. He could still push back but they noticed it was a little weaker. He can still carry bags with the arm and can zip up and grasp things. But whenever it comes to extending his arm or holding things while extending his arm, it lasts a few seconds before his arm begins to lower/droop/feel tired.
Any idea if this seems related to ALS? Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I really appreciate it.
I am here to ask a question about possible ALS symptoms. My uncle recently noticed that his left arm has been acting strangely. He cant seem to balance things he carries (think like how one carries a pizza box. He makes pizzas and holds boxes with that hand but seems to be unable to balance it after 10 seconds or so.)He says its worse when he is distracted and he "forgets" he was holding the item causing him to be inable to balnce the item and thus he drops it. He has also noticed that whenever he is extending his arm as in he is holding a cup, he notices that after a few seconds, his arm feels fatigued and begins to lower. This has led to incidents of him dropping things or spilling things due to this. I have asked him to demonstrate and he is able to hold an item but after around ten seconds his arm starts lowering and says he feels tired and just lowers. We went to a doctor and they did strength tests. His grip is strong and he can move his fingers well. The only thing is that she found that his tricep area when pushing forward was a little weaker in his left arm than the right arm. He could still push back but they noticed it was a little weaker. He can still carry bags with the arm and can zip up and grasp things. But whenever it comes to extending his arm or holding things while extending his arm, it lasts a few seconds before his arm begins to lower/droop/feel tired.
Any idea if this seems related to ALS? Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I really appreciate it.