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  1. W

    Questions on testing

    Thank you for taking the time to read what I have going on. I am a 44 years old mom of two adult children and a 10 year old. Last month, my boss called an ambulance and had me taken to the hospital because I was having problems talking, couldn’t swallow and couldn’t lift my leg and I panicked...
    • Walstorj
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    • advice arm back children diagnosed diagnosis emg food heart lift mri myasthenia gravis neurologist questions stroke swallow symptoms test testing tests tongue twitching ultrasound wanted weakness
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  2. P

    Upcoming EMG and Terrified

    Hi everyone. Thank you for welcoming me onto this site. I read the sticky, so I'll try my best to adhere to the statements there. I'm 27, female, and have been having concerning symptoms since mid-September 2018. Symptoms first started in my left hand and forearm. Started with twitching and...
    • plac8170
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    • anxiety atrophy cramping cramps diagnosis emg female fingers ice mri muscles neurologist pain symptoms thumb twitching wanted
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  3. J

    My symptoms, my fears

    Hello, first of all thank you for letting me join this forum. I’ve been dealing with some symptoms in the last month and I wanted to ask your opinnion about it. I’m 40. For some time I had some numbness in my hands, legs and upper lip so I had an appointment with neuro to see if something...
    • JTTP
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    • advice anxiety cramps emg fear finger fingers hours ice mri night pain stiffness symptoms test tests twitching wanted worried worried about als worry
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  4. M

    I was finally diagnosed after my father

    This is my previous article link: https://www.alsforums.com/forum/do-i-have-als-als/43074-my-sister-i-have-same-symptoms-same-time-after-my-father-diagnosed.html Hello everyone, I returned after being diagnosed after 6 months of symptoms and tests. My neurologist concluded MND disease after a...
    • mrluu55
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    • children diagnosed emg father genetic hope mnd neurologist symptoms tests viruses
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Familial ALS (FALS)
  5. S

    EMG results

    Hello guys...I am a 28 years old and I started having muscle twitches in December 2018. I had a EMG today and it showed fasciculations in every muscle, but also fibrillations and polyphasics in some muscles. My doctor was worried and would like to repeat the test in two months....I am scared...
    • SrRocoso
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    • als? could this be als emg emg results fasciculations lonely muscle muscle twitches muscles scared test twitches weakness worried
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  6. B

    Sorry but I have a update and a concern

    Hello I'm sorry to bother you I'm not sure if you remember me my husband thought he had Als but his emg only showed signs of myopathy. I have let the thought go but yesterday we went to Parkland for a clinical exam with a neuro and we suspected that after seeing the emg they would do a muscle...
    • BellaBells
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    • als als? balance biopsy clinical emg falling fingers muscle muscle biopsy neurologist test twitching update wanted
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  7. D

    Bulbar ALS?

    Thanks to you all for taking the time to read this post and answer my questions. I'm a 42 year old Male. For the past month my tongue has felt extremely swollen and sometimes sore towards the back. Occasionally I will get tingly/crawling feelings on the side. It is difficult for me to...
    • Dadof2
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    • als als? back breathing breathing issues bulbar bulbar als emg questions speech tongue twitch twitches weakness
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
  8. W

    @Nikki J

    Sorry to ask but im a worried mother trying to understand this. ive been researching emg studies and if you look on the emg my sons recruitment patterns are all normal and to my understanding in MND or ALS even in early stages they would be abnormal recruitment patterns? Also same with Duration...
  9. W

    Worried Mother

    Hello my name is kelly and my son posted on these forums a few months ago Twiztid Tragedy was his name. So you know his story well yesterday he had his Follow Up and 2nd EMG and the EMG report says he Has MND as the Primary Dx and The Diffrental Dx is ALS or Multi-Level Radiulapthaies. Is there...
  10. M

    Questions about symptoms

    Hi everyone. I am posting here for the second time, my first thread being that I was due for an EMG. The neurologist I went to here in South Africa deemed it unnecessary, although he did zero tests for any muscle weakness and is by no means an expert on ALS. He was extremely dismissive and did...
    • Moriarty
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    • als anxiety back cold emg fingers muscle muscle twitches muscle weakness neurologist questions symptom symptoms tests twitches weakness
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Could this be ALS?
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