nsg1
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hi everyone,
today i went to my third neurologist to get another opinion.
he did an array of tests such as walking on my heels and toes. Walking in a straight line with my heels touching my toes. And strength tests such as telling me to resist him pushing my legs/fingers/toes/arms down.
He did an ankle clonus test and once again my right ankle was positive but my babinksi for both feet were negative. He checked my reflexes all over my body and did something on my fingers and said that i had a positive hoffmans sign. Which got me worrired but he didnt say anything and just smiled. I think he did it too prove that i had brisk reflexes all over?
He then went over my EMG results from october and said that everything was "perfectly ok".
But i feel as if whenever i get my reflexes checked my right side (right arm or right leg) always jerk more than the left but after 2 neurological tests the docs say that i have brisk reflexes ALL OVER but to me it feels like its only on the right side...?
ive also been having breathing problems as of late. I feel as if i'm short of breath.
I guess my main problem with getting over this is the sudden arrival of the ankle clonus and brisk reflexes, i really dont care anymore about the twitches. it seems like the docs seem to blow over these occurences. they associate anxiety with my brisk reflexes and my ankle clonus with a developmental cause due to the surgery in my right leg. It's been more than two months since this entire episode has started...if the ankle clonus and brisk reflexes was associated with ALS would i have had some noticeable signs such as not being able to walk or move?
Thank you
today i went to my third neurologist to get another opinion.
he did an array of tests such as walking on my heels and toes. Walking in a straight line with my heels touching my toes. And strength tests such as telling me to resist him pushing my legs/fingers/toes/arms down.
He did an ankle clonus test and once again my right ankle was positive but my babinksi for both feet were negative. He checked my reflexes all over my body and did something on my fingers and said that i had a positive hoffmans sign. Which got me worrired but he didnt say anything and just smiled. I think he did it too prove that i had brisk reflexes all over?
He then went over my EMG results from october and said that everything was "perfectly ok".
But i feel as if whenever i get my reflexes checked my right side (right arm or right leg) always jerk more than the left but after 2 neurological tests the docs say that i have brisk reflexes ALL OVER but to me it feels like its only on the right side...?
ive also been having breathing problems as of late. I feel as if i'm short of breath.
I guess my main problem with getting over this is the sudden arrival of the ankle clonus and brisk reflexes, i really dont care anymore about the twitches. it seems like the docs seem to blow over these occurences. they associate anxiety with my brisk reflexes and my ankle clonus with a developmental cause due to the surgery in my right leg. It's been more than two months since this entire episode has started...if the ankle clonus and brisk reflexes was associated with ALS would i have had some noticeable signs such as not being able to walk or move?
Thank you