Motor Neurone Disease Overview and Management

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Published 2016-09-22

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  • @vivibeatris2794
    Thank you for explaining this. How soon would an emg detect motor neurone disease? Would the emg be positive even when very early in the disease when you would have only twitching for example? Thank you
  • @davidwaller4156
    I was diagnosed with limb als in December my concern is that I had a autonomic dysfunction diagnosis twenty three years ago is there any connection to als.
  • My grandfather died because of this...and the was no improve we had taken him to Kerala, valor, kolkata no improvement and is is no more....... đź“ť he just died under six months.......
  • @mihu488
    Hi Again dear Dr. Simon. I might have another MND general question that you might like or not. I saw different journals and anecdotal reports that Familial ALS it's unlinkely with only one relative ( Give there are children of PALS asking their changes ). Some doctors are mentioning that if there are no more than 2+ cases in the family others shouldn't be concerned. But the question here goes into an interesting loop, as like "Who was first, the EGG or the Chicken?" (not the best comparation method) but curious about your outlook over this.
  • my name is abdulkani living in Somalia I am a father a child two and year and he is sick with neurone or brain damage he can sit or speak but he carry more and more I did not got dr can explain his disease my English is broken sorry but I need humantirain help thank you
  • @weirdals
    thanks i have slow progression for 16 years of muscle atrophy
  • I live in bangladesh.i feel i am going with the motor neuron disease 1st step but when I am explain my doctors about my daily life hack throughout it but they are fail to understand.so sad. If I had a 0parchunity talk to you about it !
  • @yeshajariwala
    My brother is suffering from MND. Stem cells can be of great help to my brother. Where we can get this treatment in India. We are a middle-class family. Please guide me with the place or center in India Or outside India.
  • I began having fasciculations in my left calf over 2.5 years ago. After a clinical examination, the neurologist decided it was Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS). All of the known causes of known causes of RLS were addressed but the problem continued to worsen, including crampy, tingling, numbness, coldness, pins & needles sensation among others. I am convinced that I have peripheral neuropathy caused or aggravated by decades of "PRE" diabetes (fasting glucose as high as 130 but HbA1c in prediabetic range). Diabetes is the leading cause of peripheral neuropathy and it seems reasonable that "PRE" diabetes (a misnomer in my opinion). I am having difficulty getting my healthcare providers to take this possibility seriously and would welcome comment. Thanks
  • @waywardmuse
    I've had PLS for 10 years now - PAIN from spasticity is the worst symptom, but NOTHING is being done about that in the medical community. This makes it WORSE. Very disappointed in doctors.