Hi,
I am a 24 year-old white male. For the past 10 months or so, I've had slowly progressing finger and wrist drop in my left hand. So fas as I can tell, all my other limbs are normal.
I'm told that the symptoms affect only my radial nerve, and I have no sensory symptoms (though I do feel the odd tingling across my hand, which lasts for a minute or so).
I had nerve conduction studies done last week, and the guestimate of the guy who performed them is a "strong possibility" of multifocal motor neuropathy with conduction block.
Another possibility, which he regards as unlikely, is compression of my radial nerve. The reason he thinks it's unlikely is that I have no sensory involvement.
The plan seems to be to start me on the immune drugs, and give me a confirmed diagnosis if I respond to them.
My questions are:
- what is the prognosis, assuming successful treatment?
- are there any plausible alternatives to MMN with conduction block?
Thanks,
Ruuku