tushar2709
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Hi,
I am from India, and writing this to explain my Father's(51 year Old) symptoms. He started having some problems in his right leg 4 years ago which slowly worsened and finally 3 years ago extensive tests including MRI's, Auto Immune, Blood reports, EMG's and NCG. Everything came out normal except the EMG reports which showed " Chronic Regenerative changes in all muscles" and "Denervation in Bilateral Gastroc". The MRI reports showed some protrusions in spine but the doctor here said they are unlikely to cause the symptoms and wrote a possible MND. After this my Dad went into denial and refused any medicine or treatment. In the last 3 years his condition slowly worsened to a case where he now needs a little support while walking but the problem is still restricted only in his right leg. We finally convinced him to undergo tests and consult doctors again and in the latest EMG report it shows " No spontaneous activity found in any muscles" and "Suggestive of chronic regenerative changes" . There is no denervation in the report this time. Now the doctors here after looking at these reports and his progression over the last 3 years say it might not be MND.
We have some good Neurologists here but none of them specialise in MND/ALS, and there are very few reported cases in India for the same and thus I am not very confident on their analysis. I am unable to attach the reports here. Please provide your guidance as we desperately need some answers. My apologies for the long message but I wanted to be elaborate with his symptoms.
Thanks
I am from India, and writing this to explain my Father's(51 year Old) symptoms. He started having some problems in his right leg 4 years ago which slowly worsened and finally 3 years ago extensive tests including MRI's, Auto Immune, Blood reports, EMG's and NCG. Everything came out normal except the EMG reports which showed " Chronic Regenerative changes in all muscles" and "Denervation in Bilateral Gastroc". The MRI reports showed some protrusions in spine but the doctor here said they are unlikely to cause the symptoms and wrote a possible MND. After this my Dad went into denial and refused any medicine or treatment. In the last 3 years his condition slowly worsened to a case where he now needs a little support while walking but the problem is still restricted only in his right leg. We finally convinced him to undergo tests and consult doctors again and in the latest EMG report it shows " No spontaneous activity found in any muscles" and "Suggestive of chronic regenerative changes" . There is no denervation in the report this time. Now the doctors here after looking at these reports and his progression over the last 3 years say it might not be MND.
We have some good Neurologists here but none of them specialise in MND/ALS, and there are very few reported cases in India for the same and thus I am not very confident on their analysis. I am unable to attach the reports here. Please provide your guidance as we desperately need some answers. My apologies for the long message but I wanted to be elaborate with his symptoms.
Thanks