Right side only,?

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Mabel4

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Could ALS affect just one side of the body? I started showing symptoms in February, EMG shows it is getting worse (had another EMG in Aug.) since official diagnosis in May (when I had first EMG), but still just affecting the right side.

Is that normal? Or could this be something else mistaken as ALS?
 
Hi Mabel, are you saying that you have been officially diagnosed, with a second opinion confirming the first? I will update your status if so.

But to your question, yes, ALS onset is almost always on one side (asymmetrical) at the beginning.

Best,
Laurie
 
I do not have a second opinion yet, no. I'm working on that.

So it's possible to have symptoms on just one side for 7 months? I guess I thought ALS progressed quicker than that?
 
ALS progression varies widely. I know someone who had only one leg involved for more than ten years. I had three years like that. I also know of someone who went from fine to dead in under three months

good luck with your second opinion. It should be an ALS specialist at an established university level clinic.
 
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