lhagsjr
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Im sorry If some Pals take offense to be posting here but Im very very scared and also very confused. Im only 28 years old and have been married for slightly over a year. I had an EMG done by an ALS specialist in early June, which came back as possible myopathic in nature. I did not have ANY fibrillations or positive sharp waves. No spontaneous activity. However, I did have increased insertational activity in some muscles and some of the responses the muscles had when they were stuck were short to normal in amplitutde and length. Which according the ALS doc points towards possible myopathy.
My symptoms are muscle twitching which vary in nature and location. Sometimes they are not very intense and you can barely see them, other times they are so intense they jerk the limb they are affecting. (IE if my bicep twitching my entire arm jerks). The 2nd and most alarming symptom is atrophy. The thing is, its is evenly distributed. Both calves, both arms, both shoulders, etc have all lost muscle but not enough so the average person could notice but I notice it big time. Its like my entire body is being affected at once which I understand is usually not the case with ALS. From what I have read, ALS usually take one limb out and a time. The odd thing is, I can still walk the same and I havent really noticed a lost of strength(although I dont do much physically). The atrophy is really bugging me out.
Sorry for my log story, back to the question. What did the EMG show in the Pals on this forum?
My symptoms are muscle twitching which vary in nature and location. Sometimes they are not very intense and you can barely see them, other times they are so intense they jerk the limb they are affecting. (IE if my bicep twitching my entire arm jerks). The 2nd and most alarming symptom is atrophy. The thing is, its is evenly distributed. Both calves, both arms, both shoulders, etc have all lost muscle but not enough so the average person could notice but I notice it big time. Its like my entire body is being affected at once which I understand is usually not the case with ALS. From what I have read, ALS usually take one limb out and a time. The odd thing is, I can still walk the same and I havent really noticed a lost of strength(although I dont do much physically). The atrophy is really bugging me out.
Sorry for my log story, back to the question. What did the EMG show in the Pals on this forum?