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  • lgelb
    The EMG trumps your worry. Please seek help for the anxiety and stay in touch with your PCP.
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Please offer me your insight.
    Not seeing ALS in this at all. After an injury/strain resolves, you can still easily have twitchy/sore/stiff muscles esp. when they...
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    lgelb replied to the thread Hello. I'm A 42-year-old male..
    The same comment applies. That suggests they are suspicious for myopathy, where the problem is with the muscles directly, not the nerves...
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    lgelb replied to the thread Is this something to worry over?.
    You can certainly change the settings yourselves to make it more comfortable. I will PM you. You might look at the Circadiance mask...
  • lgelb
    See Laryngeal sensory neuropathy: Symptoms, diagnosis and treatment Nothing to do with ALS -- just irritated sensory nerves. The...
  • lgelb
    As ShiftKicker says, this doesn't sound like ALS at all. You might ask your PCP about screening for a sleep disorder -- restless leg/arm...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Hello. I'm A 42-year-old male..
    ALS does often have sensory manifestations, but not generally at onset as you describe. So the odds are still in your favor. A nerve...
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    lgelb replied to the thread Tremors and hand atrophy.
    We don't interpret photos here -- a lot of ways to be misleading. But split hand is not the best way to decide if ALS is a concern...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Bulbar ALS/MND.
    Today we often speak of the Marie-Patrikios variant mentioned in EMG3 as the "flail leg variant of ALS." But that subtype typically...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Feeling concerned..
    Agreed, no reason to think of this as MND. Statins when they increase CK (which can remain elevated after stopping the statin) can be...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Over 4 years now.
    Welcome back, Annie. If you are still always having to fight the urge to curl, and reliving it all, as all of us have at times, maybe a...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Transfer board.
    Since you are using the transfer board for urination, have you considered a female urinal or pee funnel that would be more portable...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread Bulbar ALS/MND.
    If MND were the reason for the vocal cord palsy, no, it could not improve. No, it is not normal for SA to be seen on EMG and not on the...
  • KimT
    Hi all thank you for your response, just a letter from my Nero which is reassuring but I’m having muscle cramps in both legs and they...
  • lgelb
    lgelb replied to the thread DiGAP trial.
    Looks like Phase 2 enrollment is complete.
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