Thread: Neck Twitching & Swallowing Issues

[SpellWiz24]

I have a lot of neck twitches at the moment. I am twitching for almost a year but I fear these twitches in my neck because I have stiffness/tired feeling in my neck and cheeks. I have no problems with eating and drinking but swallowing problems for 10 month now. Is it a good sign that the twitches initially started in my hand and arms and I still have twitches everywhere? I am thinking about asking an EMG, but hopefully I can find some comfort of someone with the same experiences. Sorry for my bad English,EVE

 

[Diego4Life]

Eve, I had twitches in my neck for a while and they finally stopped. Yours will probably go.

I think if you have had swallowing problems for 10 months and it was due to something bad, it would have progressed. Ginny posted on here about a man with bulbar ALS and within only a few months he could not speak. It is apparently much more rapid than limb onset als.

You may not get an EMG if you have been twitching for 10 months or so. Many neurologists will only arrange an EMG if a person presents with fasciculations in the first few weeks. If after that time there is no weakness, there would be no clinical reason to perform an EMG other than for patient reassurance.

 

[SongbirdLove]

Eve,

My neck gets stiff and tight too. I get that on and off. Usually from the back but I experience it from the upper chest muscles into the neck as well.
It's bothersome, but all typically part of BFS. I know for myself, stress could play a huge factor into how my neck feels.

Take care,
Mark

 

[MarksmanS]

Eve,

Me too. I have occasional neck twitches coupled with stiffness at points almost like a vrey mild spasticity or something.

I just read a case about Tom Watson's caddy who has als. He had it in the bulbar area and was slurring speech and it rapidly progressed. If you can swallow properly, talk normally, and so on you don't have bulbar als. It seems to present with very very serious signs according to what I have read.

Mark

 

[StephG22]

I get neck twitches, stiff/painfull neck & difficulty swallowing (I have to chase some food down w/H2O or it just sits in my esophogus) but I know this is not bulbar als. My friend had als and there is a HUGE difference. It's not subtle-everyone who saw her could tell there was a problem.