Kerri
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- Oct 29, 2007
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Hi, I'm wondering if sleep studies show abnormal results with ALS.
I'm not diagnosed but am going to a MDA clinic soon because of fast
progression of severe weakness. I had a sleep study
recently.
My respiratory muscles ache and feel like they
are struggling hard to expand when I lay down on my back,
especially at night when I'm laying down to sleep.
My sleep study results didn't mention anything relating
to these symptoms. (I was awake for an hour in the middle of
the sleep study night with my respiratory muscles aching; had to take pain med. to get back to sleep.)
I'm glad to learn I don't have sleep apnea, but thought I would gain some info.on the struggle my breathing muscles are having.
Does anyone know if the breathing probs. of ALS (and other Neuromuscular
diseases) can show up via. sleep study testing and whether the results
might change with the progression of the disease? Thanks, Kerri
I'm not diagnosed but am going to a MDA clinic soon because of fast
progression of severe weakness. I had a sleep study
recently.
My respiratory muscles ache and feel like they
are struggling hard to expand when I lay down on my back,
especially at night when I'm laying down to sleep.
My sleep study results didn't mention anything relating
to these symptoms. (I was awake for an hour in the middle of
the sleep study night with my respiratory muscles aching; had to take pain med. to get back to sleep.)
I'm glad to learn I don't have sleep apnea, but thought I would gain some info.on the struggle my breathing muscles are having.
Does anyone know if the breathing probs. of ALS (and other Neuromuscular
diseases) can show up via. sleep study testing and whether the results
might change with the progression of the disease? Thanks, Kerri