Dmitry12345
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Hello to everyone and thank you in advance to all who have taken the time to read and response.
I am 28 years old male living in Russia - 200 cm tall.
My problem started 4 month ago in august. It was kind of "twitching attack", when I wanted to fell asleep, I've noticed that all my body started twiching very strongly (legs, whole body, arms), my fingers were moving by theirselves. This has never happened to me before.
So I decided to go to a neuromuscular specialist after one week from the beginning of the symptoms. He made an examination, everything was fine except slightly brisk reflexes and positive Hoffmans sign on both hands, but he didn't think much of it.. All the strength test were normal, no weakness.
He also made an emg of two muscles, everything was normal, even no fasciculations and he said that it is BFS.
3 months later I decided to go to another ALS specialist to confirm the BFS dx. He also made an examination and strength tests, everything was normal.
Then he did an emg which showed abnormalities:
Left thenar - 4 fasciculations, polyphasic potentials - 30%, amplitudes and duration was normal
Left deltoid - 2 fasciculations, polyphasic potentials - 40%, amplitudes and duration was normal
Left calve - 18 fasciculations, 1 fibrillation and 1 psw, polyphasic potentials - 60%, amplitudes and duration was normal
He told that active denervation might be because of my lower back issues. I've made an MRI of lower back that showed few herniated discs. Also I've made a big blood panel which came back all negative. So he things that all I can do is wait and repeat emg in a few months..
So what do I have at this moment.
4 months passed, I have 24/7 twitching of my calves and feet. Also 2 moths ago I've noticed that my right thenar is twitching constantly and I can provoke it by slight contraction of the muscle.
I have strong tremor in my legs and feet when I'm trying to hold a certain position.
No weakness and atrophy.
My questions are:
Could this be MND?
Can be the denervation of my calves caused by the back issues?
What do you thing about emg, how bad is it?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time!
I am 28 years old male living in Russia - 200 cm tall.
My problem started 4 month ago in august. It was kind of "twitching attack", when I wanted to fell asleep, I've noticed that all my body started twiching very strongly (legs, whole body, arms), my fingers were moving by theirselves. This has never happened to me before.
So I decided to go to a neuromuscular specialist after one week from the beginning of the symptoms. He made an examination, everything was fine except slightly brisk reflexes and positive Hoffmans sign on both hands, but he didn't think much of it.. All the strength test were normal, no weakness.
He also made an emg of two muscles, everything was normal, even no fasciculations and he said that it is BFS.
3 months later I decided to go to another ALS specialist to confirm the BFS dx. He also made an examination and strength tests, everything was normal.
Then he did an emg which showed abnormalities:
Left thenar - 4 fasciculations, polyphasic potentials - 30%, amplitudes and duration was normal
Left deltoid - 2 fasciculations, polyphasic potentials - 40%, amplitudes and duration was normal
Left calve - 18 fasciculations, 1 fibrillation and 1 psw, polyphasic potentials - 60%, amplitudes and duration was normal
He told that active denervation might be because of my lower back issues. I've made an MRI of lower back that showed few herniated discs. Also I've made a big blood panel which came back all negative. So he things that all I can do is wait and repeat emg in a few months..
So what do I have at this moment.
4 months passed, I have 24/7 twitching of my calves and feet. Also 2 moths ago I've noticed that my right thenar is twitching constantly and I can provoke it by slight contraction of the muscle.
I have strong tremor in my legs and feet when I'm trying to hold a certain position.
No weakness and atrophy.
My questions are:
Could this be MND?
Can be the denervation of my calves caused by the back issues?
What do you thing about emg, how bad is it?
Any thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you for your time!