CuriousEngineer
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Hi All,
Im a 27 year old male. Thank you first for your time and potential response. I have had 24/7 twitches for 3 years bodywide without any noticable weakness. Within the past several months, I started developing twitches in my tongue I can feel and I reached out to my neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic. We talked and I told him about my new symptoms and that I have been hyper stressed and alert and that I was also experiencing a globs sensation. He scheduled an EMG right before Christmas that covered my legs, arm, bicep, tricep, shoulder, lower and middle back, and the middle region of my upper neck (17 muscles in all). The EMG came back normal and I was told no evidence of MND or ALS. However, I am still hyper aware of my tongue and within the last couple of weeks I have developed some swallowing issues. I have no slurred speech.
1) My question is would EMG in the shoulder and back of neck have picked up Bulbar?
2) Should I request another EMG of more muscles in my neck?
Thank you for any advice,
Nate
Im a 27 year old male. Thank you first for your time and potential response. I have had 24/7 twitches for 3 years bodywide without any noticable weakness. Within the past several months, I started developing twitches in my tongue I can feel and I reached out to my neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic. We talked and I told him about my new symptoms and that I have been hyper stressed and alert and that I was also experiencing a globs sensation. He scheduled an EMG right before Christmas that covered my legs, arm, bicep, tricep, shoulder, lower and middle back, and the middle region of my upper neck (17 muscles in all). The EMG came back normal and I was told no evidence of MND or ALS. However, I am still hyper aware of my tongue and within the last couple of weeks I have developed some swallowing issues. I have no slurred speech.
1) My question is would EMG in the shoulder and back of neck have picked up Bulbar?
2) Should I request another EMG of more muscles in my neck?
Thank you for any advice,
Nate