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Could Muscle Fasciculation Be Symptom Of ALS?
I am a 36 yo female who is 6 weeks pregnant. I have been having muscle fasiculations in arms and legs for about 2 months off and on. (more regular now). They happen when my muscles are at rest. Also get tremors in hands after exertion or holding heavy cup, cell phone etc. Worried I have ALS. Going to neurologist in two days but totally panicked
Thu, 17 Jul 2014
ALS can happen to anyone but it is only one disease in a larger family of diseases called motor neuron diseases. rhat being said the whole family of disease is rare and fasciculations are often misdiagnosed and even when correctly diagnosed are only a symptom of a peripheral nerve injury which has many forms and locations. there is no way online whether you have ALS but your neurologist will sort it out
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