sdc74
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Hi everyone.
I'm a 32 y/o male. First of all, I have a GP appointment booked for Monday 11th Oct, so already pursuing medical advice on this, I'm just curious to see what people think. My symptoms started with numbness and tingling in ring and little finger of left hand. I know this is not indicative of ALS. However, over the last few days I have definite weakness in all my fingers and thumb of left hand. I have found I can no longer cut my finger nails on my right hand (using my left hand). I can't press the strings down hard enough on my guitar. I also can't twist a cap off a bottle with the thumb and forefinger of my left hand, whereas I can with my right. I am getting random twitches, most notably in my calves, tongue, hands and just above my knee and elbow.
My doctor asked me over the phone if I was having any balance problems, sight issues or neck pain, which I am not (I think he was probably checking for MS signs here?) I have no hand, elbow or wrist pain at all, just the numb feeling in fourth and fifth fingers and down the side of the left hand under the fifth finger.
The loss of mobility was very sudden. I was playing guitar fine one day, then the next it was impossible, like I was picking a guitar up for the first time.
I read a research paper today on an ALS case involving a 35 y/o female that reported initial symptoms of hand numbness/tingling/weakness, that gradually got worse and worse until ALS was formally diagnosed and death very sadly occurred 9 months later. So I'm sure you can see why I am apprehensive about this!
Thanks in advance for any input.
I'm a 32 y/o male. First of all, I have a GP appointment booked for Monday 11th Oct, so already pursuing medical advice on this, I'm just curious to see what people think. My symptoms started with numbness and tingling in ring and little finger of left hand. I know this is not indicative of ALS. However, over the last few days I have definite weakness in all my fingers and thumb of left hand. I have found I can no longer cut my finger nails on my right hand (using my left hand). I can't press the strings down hard enough on my guitar. I also can't twist a cap off a bottle with the thumb and forefinger of my left hand, whereas I can with my right. I am getting random twitches, most notably in my calves, tongue, hands and just above my knee and elbow.
My doctor asked me over the phone if I was having any balance problems, sight issues or neck pain, which I am not (I think he was probably checking for MS signs here?) I have no hand, elbow or wrist pain at all, just the numb feeling in fourth and fifth fingers and down the side of the left hand under the fifth finger.
The loss of mobility was very sudden. I was playing guitar fine one day, then the next it was impossible, like I was picking a guitar up for the first time.
I read a research paper today on an ALS case involving a 35 y/o female that reported initial symptoms of hand numbness/tingling/weakness, that gradually got worse and worse until ALS was formally diagnosed and death very sadly occurred 9 months later. So I'm sure you can see why I am apprehensive about this!
Thanks in advance for any input.