Marta1985
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- Aug 9, 2020
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- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2019
- Country
- US
- State
- NY
- City
- Estepona
Hello again:
You told me to write when I went back to the neuromuscular and did emg, he did not want to repeat it because there is no objective weakness (for him) and he has told me that showing denervation in the abductor hallucis and fasciculation in that muscle is common because it is easily injured by weight, by bad support ... and that if there is any other finding in that area it would be misleading if there is no weakness.
He told me that it is true what the neurophysiologist said that there are focal and slow progressing lesions that can present fasciculations up to two years before developing weakness but they are atypical cases and that personally he has not seen anyone develop it after more than a year of fasciculations; I was so nervous that I don't know if he was referring to two years in the slow progression since denervation is seen in the emg or from the start of fasciculations without signs of denervation (it took two years to see that my denervation was in abductor hallucis because before They had punctured him) Could someone clarify what he meant?
On the other hand, he saw that my left heel was lifting less, but in that leg I have two nails inserted in the fibula and a plate in the tibia. I suffered an accident, they had to remove a quadriceps muscle and they removed 17 cm of skin in the year 2007 and he thinks that I cannot raise that heel much due to the aftermath of the accident but I know that before my fasciculation symptoms began I could do better and many months ago I realized that I cannot do it as well as before. That he is getting confused because of my accident and does not consider that it could be a weakness due to her, if this weakness were due to her, in how many months it is usually visible to a neurologist without confusion or for me to realize that the leg failure? Approximately since the summer I realized that I was raising that heel a little, would it have advanced since then or if it is a slow progression it could take a long time to produce a muscle failure?
Excuse the questions, I have waited for the neuromuscular visit to re-post as you asked but when I go to the doctor I get stuck and I could not resolve these doubts.
Thanks a lot
You told me to write when I went back to the neuromuscular and did emg, he did not want to repeat it because there is no objective weakness (for him) and he has told me that showing denervation in the abductor hallucis and fasciculation in that muscle is common because it is easily injured by weight, by bad support ... and that if there is any other finding in that area it would be misleading if there is no weakness.
He told me that it is true what the neurophysiologist said that there are focal and slow progressing lesions that can present fasciculations up to two years before developing weakness but they are atypical cases and that personally he has not seen anyone develop it after more than a year of fasciculations; I was so nervous that I don't know if he was referring to two years in the slow progression since denervation is seen in the emg or from the start of fasciculations without signs of denervation (it took two years to see that my denervation was in abductor hallucis because before They had punctured him) Could someone clarify what he meant?
On the other hand, he saw that my left heel was lifting less, but in that leg I have two nails inserted in the fibula and a plate in the tibia. I suffered an accident, they had to remove a quadriceps muscle and they removed 17 cm of skin in the year 2007 and he thinks that I cannot raise that heel much due to the aftermath of the accident but I know that before my fasciculation symptoms began I could do better and many months ago I realized that I cannot do it as well as before. That he is getting confused because of my accident and does not consider that it could be a weakness due to her, if this weakness were due to her, in how many months it is usually visible to a neurologist without confusion or for me to realize that the leg failure? Approximately since the summer I realized that I was raising that heel a little, would it have advanced since then or if it is a slow progression it could take a long time to produce a muscle failure?
Excuse the questions, I have waited for the neuromuscular visit to re-post as you asked but when I go to the doctor I get stuck and I could not resolve these doubts.
Thanks a lot