juliesmile
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- Joined
- Feb 20, 2008
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- Loved one DX
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- 03/2008
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- US
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- CA
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- Borrego Springs
I've been picking up things here and there on this forum and I have a question on reflexes. In my husbands first exam with Neurologist, the Dr. notes that "Reflexes are A+ with the exception of left ankle jerk, which is absent." Then when we went for exam with 2nd opinion Dr. he said he wanted an MRI on his upper spine because although it wouldn't explain the foot drop it might account for the "Brisk reflexes". Both exams show toes downgoing with the Babinski test. Can someone clear up what this might mean. I read here somewhere that reflexes are brisk in ALS and absent in neuropathy. Can you have both. Or is ALS just a form of neuropathy? I'm confused.