Jam22
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- Mar 1, 2025
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- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Diagnosis
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- Country
- ZA
- City
- Cape Town
I’m 33 years old women. No family history of ALS.
Middle January 2025 , my ring and pinky finger on right hand felt weird - like in the way when writing, and clumsy when typing.
I have a history of cubital tunnel symptoms - like when sleeping or driving or using my phone - I would get pins and needles int ring and pinky finger. I saw an orthopod - who suggested it could be cubital tunnel, but he said the sensory symptoms are more pronounced before motor fallout, and after the pins and needles have resolved I don’t have any numbness in those fingers. He also noted no atrophy in my hands.
I am unable to flex my pinky on the right at the PIPJ without also flexing my ring finger (this is asymmetrical to the left side).
Shortly after that, my right foot/leg also started feeling weird when walking on treadmill. It felt like it was slapping down more, but I have normal ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.
I then developed a twitching eyelid on the right that last a full ten days - then resolved.
This was followed by fasciculation’s in right bicep - only once or twice- and now fasciculation’s in middle finger on the right.
I have OCD and health anxiety. And as a result am trying to “sit” with my anxiety and not rush to see a doctor and not get a battery of expensive tests my family cannot afford. But as is the nature of OCD, I worry about disregarding something serious.
Does this sound like ALS and should I see a neurologist?
Middle January 2025 , my ring and pinky finger on right hand felt weird - like in the way when writing, and clumsy when typing.
I have a history of cubital tunnel symptoms - like when sleeping or driving or using my phone - I would get pins and needles int ring and pinky finger. I saw an orthopod - who suggested it could be cubital tunnel, but he said the sensory symptoms are more pronounced before motor fallout, and after the pins and needles have resolved I don’t have any numbness in those fingers. He also noted no atrophy in my hands.
I am unable to flex my pinky on the right at the PIPJ without also flexing my ring finger (this is asymmetrical to the left side).
Shortly after that, my right foot/leg also started feeling weird when walking on treadmill. It felt like it was slapping down more, but I have normal ankle dorsiflexion and plantar flexion.
I then developed a twitching eyelid on the right that last a full ten days - then resolved.
This was followed by fasciculation’s in right bicep - only once or twice- and now fasciculation’s in middle finger on the right.
I have OCD and health anxiety. And as a result am trying to “sit” with my anxiety and not rush to see a doctor and not get a battery of expensive tests my family cannot afford. But as is the nature of OCD, I worry about disregarding something serious.
Does this sound like ALS and should I see a neurologist?
