mkboreson
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- 04/2015
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- Pueblo West
We saw the second guy for a follow up yesterday. All the blood work came back good, which isn't a good thing, as you all know. He said there are still somethings to consider, but I could tell that he is not sure where else this could be going. We also got the summary of the third EMG. Can someone interpret it for me? This is what it says:
"This is an abnormal study. There is electrophysiologic evidence of chronic neurogenic changes associated with fibrillation and fasciculation potentials in left cervical myotomes and subtle neurogenic changes without abnormal spontaneous activity in left genioglossus muscle.
There is no conduction block, temporal dispersion or prolonged F-wave latencies to suggest demyelinating neuropathy.
These changes do no fulfill the revised El Escorial criteria of definite ALS. A repeat EMG is four to sixth months could be considered to access the progression of neurogenic changes, if clinically indicated."
Thanks!
"This is an abnormal study. There is electrophysiologic evidence of chronic neurogenic changes associated with fibrillation and fasciculation potentials in left cervical myotomes and subtle neurogenic changes without abnormal spontaneous activity in left genioglossus muscle.
There is no conduction block, temporal dispersion or prolonged F-wave latencies to suggest demyelinating neuropathy.
These changes do no fulfill the revised El Escorial criteria of definite ALS. A repeat EMG is four to sixth months could be considered to access the progression of neurogenic changes, if clinically indicated."
Thanks!