Ezio-Auditore
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- Jan 31, 2012
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- Reason
- Learn about ALS
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- LAT
- State
- Riga
- City
- Riga
Dear Friends,
I am a newcomer to this forum. I am 27 years old, live in Riga, which is the capital city of Latvia. Unfortunately in our country there is not very much information about this terrible disease in internet so I was looking for some additional useful info in the foreign social portals until I found this forum.
The thing is that I have lots of strange symptoms till the September of 2011 - rigidity in arms, legs, pain in joints, strange feeling in head (like I have been drunk), problems with speech (very often I say one word instead other), tingling feeling in different parts of the body, back pain and so on and on.
I went through lot of medical examinations and most of them did not find anything wrong except the following ones:
1. Slight variations of the left leg in neurometry as a result of detected sensory polyneuropathy;
2. Immunological analysis showed a significant number (291%) antibody level against Asialo GM-1 (all other antibodies were in normal level).
3. Routine blood tests all the time areed ideal, but the expanded show an increased D-dimers (0.65) and homocysteine levels (11.48).
I read a lot in the internet about Asialo GM-1 antibody and found that it has something to do with lots of neurological disorders and ALS as well. Does anyone have an experience regarding this antibody due to the ALS and what do you think of my situation? The doctors told me that I have an autoimmune polyneuropathy and said nothing about ALS. What examinations should I do?
Thank you very much for your help in advance and for your kind attention to above mentioned.
Best regards,
Ilvars
I am a newcomer to this forum. I am 27 years old, live in Riga, which is the capital city of Latvia. Unfortunately in our country there is not very much information about this terrible disease in internet so I was looking for some additional useful info in the foreign social portals until I found this forum.
The thing is that I have lots of strange symptoms till the September of 2011 - rigidity in arms, legs, pain in joints, strange feeling in head (like I have been drunk), problems with speech (very often I say one word instead other), tingling feeling in different parts of the body, back pain and so on and on.
I went through lot of medical examinations and most of them did not find anything wrong except the following ones:
1. Slight variations of the left leg in neurometry as a result of detected sensory polyneuropathy;
2. Immunological analysis showed a significant number (291%) antibody level against Asialo GM-1 (all other antibodies were in normal level).
3. Routine blood tests all the time areed ideal, but the expanded show an increased D-dimers (0.65) and homocysteine levels (11.48).
I read a lot in the internet about Asialo GM-1 antibody and found that it has something to do with lots of neurological disorders and ALS as well. Does anyone have an experience regarding this antibody due to the ALS and what do you think of my situation? The doctors told me that I have an autoimmune polyneuropathy and said nothing about ALS. What examinations should I do?
Thank you very much for your help in advance and for your kind attention to above mentioned.
Best regards,
Ilvars