Hi everyone. I'm pretty worried. Here's my situation. I am 25 yrs. old and am 14 weeks pregnant. About 2 weeks ago, I was laying on my couch and felt my right calf twitch a couple times. I thought nothing of it. By the next afternoon, the twitches were in both of my legs, my feet, and my butt. I felt a couple twitches when I was standing up, but mostly only while resting. They have been there everyday since. I can't sit down for 30 seconds before they start up again. I also get them in my abdomen, neck, face, eye, arm, and hand, but definitely not as frequently as in the legs and feet. I called my doctor and asked if this could at all be related to pregnancy and she said no.
Meanwhile, I had a neurologist who had seen me because ever since I became pregnant my hands have been falling asleep at night and I had weird sensations in my feet occasionally. He scheduled me for an EMG last week with one of the other neurologists and the neurology center. My NCV/EMG came back normal in the hands, indicating that I did not have carpal tunnel. The neuro who did it still felt it was related to pregnancy. He also did an EMG of my right calf because of the weird sensations I had been having. I mentioned the twitching to him and he didn't seem concerned whatsoever. He didn't do a neurological exam because he was simply seeing me for the EMG. I had however been examined by the other neurologist already because he wanted to make sure that the numbness and strange sensations could not be attributed to MS. He tested the strength in my hands and feet and had me walk on my tip toes and said everything looked fine. So, back to the EMG of my leg. I asked the neurologist performing the test about ALS and he said that if I had been having twitching at all in that calf, and if it was due to ALS, the results would not be normal. They were normal, however, he only used 2-3 needles in my lower leg. Would this be enough. Since then, I would say that many days, the twitches are more frequent on my left leg.
I haven't noticed any weakness. I do know for a fact that my right leg is larger than my left in the calf area. My right calf muscles are much more defined and bulge more when flexed compared to the left side. Whenever I work out, my left calves hurt afterwards and my right calves don't. Is this related to atrophy or is the dominant side leg sometimes bigger? I'm sorry to be rambling, but does my situation sound anything like ALS to you? Thank you in advance.
Meanwhile, I had a neurologist who had seen me because ever since I became pregnant my hands have been falling asleep at night and I had weird sensations in my feet occasionally. He scheduled me for an EMG last week with one of the other neurologists and the neurology center. My NCV/EMG came back normal in the hands, indicating that I did not have carpal tunnel. The neuro who did it still felt it was related to pregnancy. He also did an EMG of my right calf because of the weird sensations I had been having. I mentioned the twitching to him and he didn't seem concerned whatsoever. He didn't do a neurological exam because he was simply seeing me for the EMG. I had however been examined by the other neurologist already because he wanted to make sure that the numbness and strange sensations could not be attributed to MS. He tested the strength in my hands and feet and had me walk on my tip toes and said everything looked fine. So, back to the EMG of my leg. I asked the neurologist performing the test about ALS and he said that if I had been having twitching at all in that calf, and if it was due to ALS, the results would not be normal. They were normal, however, he only used 2-3 needles in my lower leg. Would this be enough. Since then, I would say that many days, the twitches are more frequent on my left leg.
I haven't noticed any weakness. I do know for a fact that my right leg is larger than my left in the calf area. My right calf muscles are much more defined and bulge more when flexed compared to the left side. Whenever I work out, my left calves hurt afterwards and my right calves don't. Is this related to atrophy or is the dominant side leg sometimes bigger? I'm sorry to be rambling, but does my situation sound anything like ALS to you? Thank you in advance.