Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Symptoms
Do you have any symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis? Do you even know what they are? Learn more about each symptom of this condition below and what to do if you think you may have Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
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Symptoms of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Symptoms include:
- Progressive weakness in arms and legs (at first often on only one side) over weeks to months without changes in sensory abilities.
- Initial presentation may be a wrist or foot drop
- Trouble holding things without dropping them
- Frequent tripping while walking
- Shrunken muscles
- Twitchy muscles
- Unpredictable changing emotions
- Clumsiness
- Overactive reflexes
- Slurred speech
- Hoarseness
- Trouble chewing and swallowing, resulting in frequent choking and gagging
- Weight loss due to trouble eating
- Trouble breathing
- Excess salivation, drooling
- Cognition is intact
- Sensation is intact
- Trouble coughing, resulting in development of Pneumonia
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