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twitchingandsoremuscles

by blackwell1023, Jan 11, 2008 02:57PM
about 10months ago i had a emg because i had muscle twitching. i also hadwhat i thought was muscle weakness. the emg came back fine and the dr said i did not have als.i  22 year old male. everything seemed to dissapear until about2 weeks ago. i havemuscle twitching and my muscle fatigue real easy. could this be als. another question is he only did the emg on one arm, would the negative result beaccurate forthe whole body?
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by chochmeh, Jan 20, 2008 02:59PM
You are too young for ALS...you have your whole life ahead of you...Many things cause twitching...ask your neuro what it might be and then see if there are any medications that can make them less annoying...you might ask the Dr to test for metabolic muscle disorders like mcArdels, ect...
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