Fasciculations Corpo causing Fear

[Drakemus]

GOOD DAYHJ MAKES 8 MONTHS, I'M HAVING THE fasciculations CORPO.AGORA'M GETTING MORE ON TOP HAND COMING TO MOVE THE INDEX FINGER WITHOUT FREQUEZA ATROPHY OR BUT SAW THIS REPORT THAT LEFT ME WITH FEAR:In Sept. I had my first episode of a spasm in my left hand, thumb and fingers kind of bent inward and my wrist hurt like hell. Physically I had to move my fingers back into position to stop the spasm.The in Oct. I started having fasciculations in my left arm ... I mean like buzzing / jumping all night. This Lasted about a week or so and then stopped. Around same-que team I could watch the fingers on my left hand twitch and dance around like a Mind of Their Own. This would happen on and off all the time.At work I Performed maintenance on the various machines we used. 4 of Them use an aluminum cap about 1 1/4 inch in diameter, that is threaded and screwed onto a short piece of pipe. Anyway it's only hand tightened, by me, every time I perform maintenance.Sometime in December I went to loosen this cap using my left hand, BTW I'm a righty but access was easier with the left thumb / forefinger. For the first team I could not loosen the cap, I had to use my right thumb / forefinger. Two weeks later I did loosen it with my left and I thought maybe the last time was a fluke ... but only on 2 out of 4 machines? After that last team when i could use my left thumb / forefinger, I Could never again, on any of Them. I always had to use my right hand.There were other signs of weakness between the left thumb / forefinger que que team around I noticed too but definitely well after the fasciculations had started.So for me it was Spasticity (Which BTW Could be hereditary since my Mom has these spasms too) now ----Fasciculations/twitching----weakness----and atrophy between my left thumb / forefinger Which I just started seeing the first of this month ..But nighthawk is correct, over 90% of PALS start with fasciculations before weakness.I have read que only between 3 and 8% have fasciculations before weakness.In my case I can affirm que fasciculations did Occur well before weakness.ATTNETIMUS

 

[Gracer]

Netimus,sorry about your troubles,but have you checked yorself for carpal or tunnes syndrome? It involves severe pains and weakness and weak paralysis, and it has rather long span of development (while ALS usually develops quite quickly), but due to physical trauma of the nerve (which is possible becasue as far as I understand you are mechanic)