Yaga
Member
- Joined
- Apr 28, 2017
- Messages
- 12
- Reason
- Learn about ALS
- Diagnosis
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- Country
- US
- State
- NY
- City
- Pittsford
Mid 20s student here. I have a very brief question. If you see my post history, you'll see that several years ago I had Brachial Neuritis. My neurologist at the time told me that the disease doesn't:
1. increase risk of ALS
2. Turn into ALS
I have since recovered from Brachial Neuritis.
What I haven't gotten clarified, is whether I should get tested to see if I'm genetically pre-disposed to sporadic ALS. I have no known family history of it, but was worried that one could be born with "dysfunctional genes" that could trigger it later on at an older age...(40s, 50s, 60s, etc.).
1. increase risk of ALS
2. Turn into ALS
I have since recovered from Brachial Neuritis.
What I haven't gotten clarified, is whether I should get tested to see if I'm genetically pre-disposed to sporadic ALS. I have no known family history of it, but was worried that one could be born with "dysfunctional genes" that could trigger it later on at an older age...(40s, 50s, 60s, etc.).