Hi, (I also posted this in Caregiver area by accident)
I am new here and have read some posts...they are very helpful so thank-you. I always avoided researching ALS cause I was scared to learn just how bad it is, but that isn't very helpful to Mum.
I am glad I have somewhere to ask questions...I think Mum tries to ignore her disease too. She says she doesn't like the ALS society because they can't and don't do anything for her.
I have a lot of questions, but I will start with just one:
My mum has lost most of her movement in both legs and she is in her scooter all the time now. She has lately developed an infection on both her feet. Her feet have been really swollen these past several months (I assume this is a symptom of ALS and her loss of leg-muscle ?) and now they are crazy infected. WHY?
Also...the medi-centre doctor prescribed an antibiotic than she had an allergic reaction to! Mum has never had allergies! It was just a penicillin-based drug! Now she is on another antibiotic and we are a little scared.
Why and how did she get that infection?
Is it common to get infections when you have ALS?
Is it common to have allergic reactions?
Did she have an allergic reaction because her immunity is compromised or something?
Thanks,
supergirl
I am new here and have read some posts...they are very helpful so thank-you. I always avoided researching ALS cause I was scared to learn just how bad it is, but that isn't very helpful to Mum.
I am glad I have somewhere to ask questions...I think Mum tries to ignore her disease too. She says she doesn't like the ALS society because they can't and don't do anything for her.
I have a lot of questions, but I will start with just one:
My mum has lost most of her movement in both legs and she is in her scooter all the time now. She has lately developed an infection on both her feet. Her feet have been really swollen these past several months (I assume this is a symptom of ALS and her loss of leg-muscle ?) and now they are crazy infected. WHY?
Also...the medi-centre doctor prescribed an antibiotic than she had an allergic reaction to! Mum has never had allergies! It was just a penicillin-based drug! Now she is on another antibiotic and we are a little scared.
Why and how did she get that infection?
Is it common to get infections when you have ALS?
Is it common to have allergic reactions?
Did she have an allergic reaction because her immunity is compromised or something?
Thanks,
supergirl