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Severe involuntary muscle cramps
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Severe involuntary muscle cramps
by mannclan, May 08, 2005 12:00AM
My husband is 44 years old and is in the process of being tested for Motor Neuron Disease. I don't know if this is something the doctor has specifically suggested or something my husband has decided on his own. We are separated at this time but get along as though we are together. Yet he refuses to include me in his doctor's appointments. These are his symptoms - what do you think? Severe muscle cramps randomly attacking his arm, leg, stomach, back, chest (the stomach/chest cramps are being the hardest to recover from)while at rest. He did tell me the doctor told him his hormones are upside down and his testerone level is almost none. The only medication I can confirm he's taking is "cialis" which he said is to help his low testerone level. He says he is also taking a pill that he is to take 1 time every three days that is suppose to relax his muscles so the attacks aren't as hard and he can sleep better. But he also said that if he takes it more often than prescribed it could stop his heart. He won't tell me the name of it. He feels as though it is fatal and he is dying. I want to take it seriously and I hate to see him having these attacks, they seem extremely painful, but I don't see his symptoms relative to MND or ALS or Lou Gehrig's. Please help!
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-Neuro-M.D.-PW, May 11, 2005 12:00AM
I don't know the reasons for your husband not giving you more information, but he has the right to have his medical information kept confidential
To respect his wish for privacy I am limited in my ability to answer you, also due to the limited information you provide, I cannot give you specific answers to your questions
Muscle cramps are relatively nonspecific and could be caused by a number of neurological and nonneurological conditions. Maybe you could talk to him, tell him about the website and the two of you submit a question with more specific information?
Good luck
To respect his wish for privacy I am limited in my ability to answer you, also due to the limited information you provide, I cannot give you specific answers to your questions
Muscle cramps are relatively nonspecific and could be caused by a number of neurological and nonneurological conditions. Maybe you could talk to him, tell him about the website and the two of you submit a question with more specific information?
Good luck
Member Comments (2)
by mannclan, May 11, 2005 12:00AM
My latest concern is that my husband isn't interested in agetting a second opinion - which I think is really stupid when you're looking at possibly dying. His attitude is "the doctors know what they're doing....I don't care what it is...just what can they do for me". How can I convince him to get a second opinion?
