MND bulbar symptoms?
My father died just over a year ago from MND, his symptoms started with muscle weakness and a drop foot. I'm getting some strange symptoms and am wondering if they could be the first symptoms of bulbar onset MND. Over the past year I have episodes of great difficulty clearing my throat and finding it difficult to swallow what collects at the back of my throat (often feeling stuck and not able to swallow it). The only thing that works is very loudly trying to get it clear - it sounds really awful and when it's stuck at the back of my throat can affect my speech until I bark away trying to clear it. Recently I have started to get a small patch of skin in almost in the middle (slightly to the left) of my upper back (just below my neck) that has a strange crawling feeling. I haven't felt any obvious muscle weakness and apart from these symptoms feel well, though have been having lots of word finding difficulties which my doctor puts down to my age (51) I did have a brain MRI about a year ago which did not identify any problems- can cognitive problems be a symptom? Is there anyone who knows about bulbar onset symptoms and if I should be concerned?
My father died just over a year ago from MND, his symptoms started with muscle weakness and a drop foot. I'm getting some strange symptoms and am wondering if they could be the first symptoms of bulbar onset MND. Over the past year I have episodes of great difficulty clearing my throat and finding it difficult to swallow what collects at the back of my throat (often feeling stuck and not able to swallow it). The only thing that works is very loudly trying to get it clear - it sounds really awful and when it's stuck at the back of my throat can affect my speech until I bark away trying to clear it. Recently I have started to get a small patch of skin in almost in the middle (slightly to the left) of my upper back (just below my neck) that has a strange crawling feeling. I haven't felt any obvious muscle weakness and apart from these symptoms feel well, though have been having lots of word finding difficulties which my doctor puts down to my age (51) I did have a brain MRI about a year ago which did not identify any problems- can cognitive problems be a symptom? Is there anyone who knows about bulbar onset symptoms and if I should be concerned?