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    EMG Recordings In Benign Conditions

    Not in the least offended. You do a good service taking the time to post what you find and it is very appreciated. It is my stupid first dorsal interosseus that is offensive not you. Hx
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    EMG Recordings In Benign Conditions

    This aim of this study was to find emg parameters that could reliably identify aggressive ALS MND from more benign mimics at an early stage. The observations involving the first dorsal interosseus data was taking from patients at a very early stage. So these patients didn't officially have a...
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    EMG Recordings In Benign Conditions

    According to the extract " Spontaneous activity was more frequently detected in the first dorsal interosseus and deltoid muscles of ALS patients than in patients with the slowly progressive motor neuron diseases "........Oophs. .......well looks like I am in for it. First dorsal interosseus...
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    Living with Kennedys Disease at 30

    Hi Trent,Sorry to hear your news, and I hope all goes well with you. Challenges ahead, but you can do this.Hx
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    Twitching on Right Side of Face

    Quick reply because I didn't want you to feel alone with this one........because I get it too. Last time was at Xmas for about 5 weeks nonstop. Mine is usually just behind my left ear ( but up a bit), a small patch just vibrating away. In this location mine is always a really fast twitching...
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    Gluten and ALS Connection Proposed

    This is my thoughts.....Firstly I have to agree with Buzznerd. I think the ALS caused the antibodies, not the other way around as suggested. I also think people should be made aware that abstaining from gluten for long periods can have consequenes which you should consider before commiting...
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    Neuritis & New Symptoms: Update

    Hello Buzznerd,Your research is always well balanced and informative. However have PM you directly concerning an issue. Problem is I am not sure if it went through. Seems to be sitting in my outbox. Not sure if the PM service has a glitch as it had before. If you dont get anything please...
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    Discovering Benign Fasciculation Syndrome

    Came across this. Article doesn't really tell us anything we don't know but since it mentions this particular site a few times then thought I would post it.By Margo White In Health What is benign fasciculation syndrome?We’re often, quite rightly, cautioned against using the internet for a...
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    Are Hot Baths Worsening Symptoms?

    Taking a very hot shower and baths ( like I do also), causes your blood pressure to drastically drop, because the blood vessels in the skin have had to dilate. Your heart rate increases to compensate and you can become very shaky. Some people describe coming out of a very hot bath like a...
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    Mysterious Lower Back Pain

    I have a migraine disorder in which I can get prolonged aura. I often get regular head MRI and MRA as the blood vessels constrict. Anyway In the less powerful older MRI machines I dont feel anything. However the newer MRI machines with higher field strengths definitely make the top of my...
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    Struggling with 6 year Panic: Gym Update

    Didn't want to read and run as I was passing through forum and caught your post. I remember the first day I discovered that my right leg was thinner than my left, I felt exactly like you. I spent hours by the mirror turning this way and that, looking from all angle. The next few days while...
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    VGKC Antibody Test: Zero Result?

    LeafleaAll antibody tests have non specific binding. So really low values don't mean you have any of the VGKC antibodies present, all that is showing up is just the background of nonspecific artifacts expected on the test. Usually a bit of cell debri binding to the probe and making it...
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    Diagnosed with REM Sleep Without Atonia: Terrified and Scared

    Hi again.Thanks for your time. Unfortunately sleep walking is not a symptom of what I have been diagnosed with. Sleep walking occurs in non rem sleep. True REM disorders are not a common , only around 0.01% of population and normally in males over 50 which I am not. They can be associated...
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    Diagnosed with REM Sleep Without Atonia: Terrified and Scared

    HiToday I have just be diagnosed with REM sleep without atonia. This loss of motor inhibition is often an early sign of neurodegenerative diseases including ... I am terrified so so scared.I just want to give up.
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    My BFS Journey: 3rd Year Update

    Just read this today. It was also my 3 year anniversary back in October , and 3 years this month that I started visiting this forum. I was absolutley terrified. I am so glad you are doing well. I never posted back then, but read all the stories. It was like a miracle this forum, every...
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    The road is lonnnnnggggggggg........Will give you an example of discovery through protein microarray, followed by a working example of the technical approaches being currently used to identify auto antibodies on MS. First there has to be some evidence of an abnormal humoral immune response...
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    Twitching Calf Muscles & Exercise Intolerance

    Hi,Loads of people on here report that internal tremor/ vibration feeling. If you put in the search above you can learn quite a lot about it. You are right in that these fine, deep rapid fasciculations can't often be visualised or felt by other people. I have had them near continuous for...
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    Results of Swallow Study: Pressure & Voice Issues

    TD,So sorry for your loss. I lost my mum and dad when I was a teenager. I thought I would never see them again....began to forget how they looked, how they acted, how they spoke. ....every year I lost a bit more of them. When my children were born I was naturally sad they never got to meet...
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    Results of Swallow Study: Pressure & Voice Issues

    If there was a delay in swallowing you would feel excess fluid it in your mouth as well. For example if someone were reducing fluid flow lower down in a pipe, it wouldn't just affect that area but flow further upstream. Also if you had true weakness you would have other effects in that area...
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    Results of Swallow Study: Pressure & Voice Issues

    Oh and ps ....be aware if your wife catches you with tissue up your nose it might just push her over the edge....be warned
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