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Good evening
Been following this forum for months and you guys help is remarkable
I am hoping you can help me.
I am a 29 year old Male who has worries of ALS, I have had these worries for 9 months now, more specifically Bulbar onset. I have read the stickies attached to the forum.
I have no slurred speech, I can swallow solids and liquids fine and have no choking, however i feel i need extra effort when swallowing saliva and have for the past 3 months, I am a very anxious person and understand this may be the reason. I have also been nasally congested for months and have had a cough for 6 week and have slight dry throat which I think is due to mouth breathing. My question is can ALS present in the form of difficulty with saliva but not liquids or solids? I am not choking on saliva but it feels like it takes more effort to swallow.
In the past 8 months I have seen my GP who felt it was down to stress and anxiety and carried out blood tests which came fine. He also advised he didn't think I needed an EMG or neurologist referral, since then I have spoken to another 3 GPs on the phone who also don't think it is ALS but have not examined me due to phone consultation.
I have also worked with my physio who carried out a neurological evaluation and found no muscle weakness and also felt it was not ALS and he has a neurological background.
Does my swallowing issue sound like how ALS would present?
Thanks
Sorry forgot to add, the reason I went to my physio was that I was having body wide twitches which I still have however he advised there is no muscle weakness and reflexes are fine
Any advice on the swallowing issue of saliva would be appreciated
Been following this forum for months and you guys help is remarkable
I am hoping you can help me.
I am a 29 year old Male who has worries of ALS, I have had these worries for 9 months now, more specifically Bulbar onset. I have read the stickies attached to the forum.
I have no slurred speech, I can swallow solids and liquids fine and have no choking, however i feel i need extra effort when swallowing saliva and have for the past 3 months, I am a very anxious person and understand this may be the reason. I have also been nasally congested for months and have had a cough for 6 week and have slight dry throat which I think is due to mouth breathing. My question is can ALS present in the form of difficulty with saliva but not liquids or solids? I am not choking on saliva but it feels like it takes more effort to swallow.
In the past 8 months I have seen my GP who felt it was down to stress and anxiety and carried out blood tests which came fine. He also advised he didn't think I needed an EMG or neurologist referral, since then I have spoken to another 3 GPs on the phone who also don't think it is ALS but have not examined me due to phone consultation.
I have also worked with my physio who carried out a neurological evaluation and found no muscle weakness and also felt it was not ALS and he has a neurological background.
Does my swallowing issue sound like how ALS would present?
Thanks
Sorry forgot to add, the reason I went to my physio was that I was having body wide twitches which I still have however he advised there is no muscle weakness and reflexes are fine
Any advice on the swallowing issue of saliva would be appreciated