Joe Samuels
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Hello amazing people, I have a question that I have been trying to wait off and hold until I can ask my neurologist who is very busy but it's worrying me to the point where I decided to ask you very knowledgeable people
- So a few weeks ago, I had felt some weakness in my left hand along with twitching in that upper left arm. I scheduled for, and had EMG the following week. He tested my reflexes and had me do a couple of tests like pushing on his hand which was very light and he held no resistance so I'm not too sure if he properly tested my strength but oh well. He never said anything about the testing he did on me and it took under 5 minutes total.
- The EMG was done only in my left arm and the neurologist inserted the needle into my arm only about 4/5 times. The needle was put in the shoulder area, bicep/tricep area and my forearm area. Each time, he kept the needle in for about 15 seconds each. The total EMG was done in about 5 minutes. He never gave me the results in paper or email, but he just said that my muscles and nerves looked healthy and sent me off as he was busy. The twitching still persists in my left arm but I'm not as concerned because he said that those results were clean. The weakness still persists in my left hand but now it is accompanied by twitching in my palm, wrist area, and on top of my hand where my fingers and knuckles/joints are.
- Also, I didn't mention ALS to him so I'm wondering if he didn't test my muscles properly or thoroughly enough because he wasn't looking for ALS. He told me he suspected or was looking for carpal tunnel which he said I didn't have after the test. So I'm concerned that if he wasn't testing for ALS, then I'm wondering if he could've missed anything on the EMG because he wasn't looking for it.
- I'm very concerned because for some reason he never tested my hand or wrist area and just tested my arm muscles. I told him that my hand felt weak but he seemed to brush it off and just tested my upper arm muscles as I said that I had twitching in my upper arm but not in my hand at the time. I now have twitching in my wrist/hand/fingers combined with the weakness that started a few weeks ago.
- Should I have another EMG in my left hand?
Thank you guys so much for your time to read and answer posts like these!
- So a few weeks ago, I had felt some weakness in my left hand along with twitching in that upper left arm. I scheduled for, and had EMG the following week. He tested my reflexes and had me do a couple of tests like pushing on his hand which was very light and he held no resistance so I'm not too sure if he properly tested my strength but oh well. He never said anything about the testing he did on me and it took under 5 minutes total.
- The EMG was done only in my left arm and the neurologist inserted the needle into my arm only about 4/5 times. The needle was put in the shoulder area, bicep/tricep area and my forearm area. Each time, he kept the needle in for about 15 seconds each. The total EMG was done in about 5 minutes. He never gave me the results in paper or email, but he just said that my muscles and nerves looked healthy and sent me off as he was busy. The twitching still persists in my left arm but I'm not as concerned because he said that those results were clean. The weakness still persists in my left hand but now it is accompanied by twitching in my palm, wrist area, and on top of my hand where my fingers and knuckles/joints are.
- Also, I didn't mention ALS to him so I'm wondering if he didn't test my muscles properly or thoroughly enough because he wasn't looking for ALS. He told me he suspected or was looking for carpal tunnel which he said I didn't have after the test. So I'm concerned that if he wasn't testing for ALS, then I'm wondering if he could've missed anything on the EMG because he wasn't looking for it.
- I'm very concerned because for some reason he never tested my hand or wrist area and just tested my arm muscles. I told him that my hand felt weak but he seemed to brush it off and just tested my upper arm muscles as I said that I had twitching in my upper arm but not in my hand at the time. I now have twitching in my wrist/hand/fingers combined with the weakness that started a few weeks ago.
- Should I have another EMG in my left hand?
Thank you guys so much for your time to read and answer posts like these!