olly
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- 11/2007
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i too have more of a waddling gait due to weak thigh muscles and weak hip girdle.
if my spasms are bad and my legs are in a more spastic state my gait is more spastic and my balance is worse.
apparently in spastic paralysis this is the case,after a spastic/stiff episode the muscles become more weak and flaccid and this alternates,this is what my neuro and pt told me.
i have problems going up stairs due to weakness but downstairs due to balance problems,it is confusing.
does your mum have hypereflexia? in mg from what i have read reflexes are normal or absent according to the type,in mg there normal....in lambert-eaton syndrome there reduced.
i also considered muscular dystrophys but reflexes would be reduced or absent.
if reflexes are hypereflexive umn involvement is usually the cause.
hope this helps a bit.
take good care of yourself and your mum.
caroline:-D
i too have more of a waddling gait due to weak thigh muscles and weak hip girdle.
if my spasms are bad and my legs are in a more spastic state my gait is more spastic and my balance is worse.
apparently in spastic paralysis this is the case,after a spastic/stiff episode the muscles become more weak and flaccid and this alternates,this is what my neuro and pt told me.
i have problems going up stairs due to weakness but downstairs due to balance problems,it is confusing.
does your mum have hypereflexia? in mg from what i have read reflexes are normal or absent according to the type,in mg there normal....in lambert-eaton syndrome there reduced.
i also considered muscular dystrophys but reflexes would be reduced or absent.
if reflexes are hypereflexive umn involvement is usually the cause.
hope this helps a bit.
take good care of yourself and your mum.
caroline:-D