Fasciculations and ALS: Worried?

[toni.fi1]

This is not to scare anyone, but has anyone read about fasics and clean emg before eventual als? I was browsing last night (like a moron) and read a couple of posts where people said thats how theirs started. Its really driving me nuts. Anyone ever read anything like this?


Chris

 

[garymills]

Chris,

Don't get caught up by those accounts on the internet. They simple go against commonly accepted medical views/evidence. There is always more to the story when those situations are investigated or else they would be reported in medical journals.

Take care,

Gary

 

[BandersnatchF]

The likelihood is that those people did have fasciculations first. Of course, the fascics could have been BFS—having BFS doesn't prevent you from getting ALS. It doesn't make it more likely, either. If 1 in 200 people has BFS, then 1 in 200 ALS patients should report having fascics before getting ALS.

Put another way, how many people with brain cancer have headaches first, perhaps a year or two before the cancer? I doubt the headaches had anything to do with the brain cancer, but they certainly might seem so in hindsight. Same with fascics and ALS—unrelated in nearly all cases, but might seem so in hindsight.