Amy O
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- Feb 23, 2020
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- Learn about ALS
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- US
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- NJ
- City
- Fort lee
hello everyone, i am new here and i would highly appreciate your opinion and time about my muscle waste.
i had EMG showing psw, fibs, poly and something with insertion activity (emg also says that muscles revealed abnormalities and denervation, and that clinical correlations are recommended).
my right leg became very rigid and spastic, unable to relax and i had trouble with walking. now i am walking fine but right leg is heavier than left one. later on i noticed twitching and wasting on my left hand. muscles on my right leg also developed wasting as you can see on photos.
also my breathing is very bad, i had CT scan and x ray of lungs, everything was okay. i had all the blood work done. MRI of spine and brain also fine. NO pinched nerve or tumor. i am scared i may have MND that starts with breathing issues.
EMG was done in Germany, i dont have a copy but abnormal findings were +1 some of them +2, and i dont clearly know what it means.
do you think it is concerning? please take a look at my pictures. does it look like wasting to you? can you please tell me how the breathing related ALS would show its symptoms? (because of my breathing issue, i can only walk one block then i have to sit down because of my leg and breathing).
i also have tightness around ribs and heaviness is dragging me down to sit. when this happens i am also bad-oriented and kind of confused.
thank you all so much. i appreciate everyones opinions!
i had EMG showing psw, fibs, poly and something with insertion activity (emg also says that muscles revealed abnormalities and denervation, and that clinical correlations are recommended).
my right leg became very rigid and spastic, unable to relax and i had trouble with walking. now i am walking fine but right leg is heavier than left one. later on i noticed twitching and wasting on my left hand. muscles on my right leg also developed wasting as you can see on photos.
also my breathing is very bad, i had CT scan and x ray of lungs, everything was okay. i had all the blood work done. MRI of spine and brain also fine. NO pinched nerve or tumor. i am scared i may have MND that starts with breathing issues.
EMG was done in Germany, i dont have a copy but abnormal findings were +1 some of them +2, and i dont clearly know what it means.
do you think it is concerning? please take a look at my pictures. does it look like wasting to you? can you please tell me how the breathing related ALS would show its symptoms? (because of my breathing issue, i can only walk one block then i have to sit down because of my leg and breathing).
i also have tightness around ribs and heaviness is dragging me down to sit. when this happens i am also bad-oriented and kind of confused.
thank you all so much. i appreciate everyones opinions!