Unfortunate German Commander: Battle of Stalingrad

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FantasticFurball

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Just read about his unfortunate guy who was the Emilyomouse leading commander at the battle of Stalingrad. We know he had tics (bfs?) at the time of his capture in 1943. We also know that he died of ALS in 1957. OMG! :eek:
 
Not quite sure of the purpose of your post here FantasticFurball. Can you clarify the meaning and intention? If you still have some anxiety about this BFS, which we all do to some point, then it would make sense to avoid research on ALS patients and odd ALS presentations from 1956. Just my two cents. I am not sure what kind of "support" you were hoping to get by posting this in the Support Group Section. maybe further reassurance from our kind veterans? There may have been other ways to accomplish this.Regards,Greg
 
I found it a bit scary but Im also relieved that wjjf had a good explanation on this case. So that was nice. Nice support. tnx.It has long been discussed about timeframe before weakness and BFS vs ALS etc. Here might be an example of someone actually suffered from BFS (or something else) before getting the real thing in the end. I didnt make any research or whatsoever but just read about ww2 generals on wikipedia when I came across this guy. But Im not allowed any support?
 
FantasticFurball - don't confuse tics and twitches. They are not the same thing at all.Nobody would be reporting about this guy having an eyelid twitch. I promise you. He must have had visible tics making his face move, which is 100% completely different than a twitch.Relax about this.Mitra
 
I agree, a tic and a twitch are two different things. I've been watching my 3 year old nephew for a few days, and for the last 2 days his lower left eyelid has twitched nonstop. My daughters best friend was over just a few days ago complaining about her eye that had been twitching nearly nonstop for over a week.Eye twitches are so common I don't think anything of them. Nearly everyone I know has had bouts of them off and on throughout the years.
 
I don't even think eye twitches are considered BFS. It's like myokemia or something like that. The most common thing ever. I don't know anyone who hasn't had them. They're caused by tiredness and stress. I'm certain this guy must have had a facial tic. And, I doubt it has anything to do with his ultimate fate. Probably just a coincidence. And, even then - who knows if they diagnosed him correctly in 1957. Maybe he had a brain tumor for all we know, and that caused his symptoms and his death. They certainly don't have the same technology (MRIs for example) as we do.Mitra
 
MND/ALS is a disease that was well described before EMGs and MRIs. Besides he was left paralyzed so it makes sence. I dont think we have to doubt his dx. But as you said before, the two things had no connection.
 
What you have to remember is that we all have the same % chance of getting MND no matter what. If I happened to get it in 10 years time it wont be because i have got a PNH syndrome, the 2 diseases are completely different and seperate entitiesDoes this topic concern me or worry me? No.
 

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