Just got back from the doctors...

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manlymatt83

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Had an EMG done today:

"Motor and sensory nerve conduction studies revealed normal distal latencies, amplitues, and conduction velocities for all nerves tested in the upper extremitis. F-wave latencies were within the normal limits.

Needle EMG examination was performed with a monopolar disposable needle electrode on select muscles listed in the EMG scoring table above. This study reveals signs of electrical instability as outlined along with myopathic features in the form of increased polyphasia."

Impression: There is evidence for a myopathic process on this examination. A primarily neuropathic/neuronopathic process is unlikely

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UPDATE 10/27:

Doctors believe this to be a minor myopathy after further study/testing. Still not 100% out of the water yet, but this is good news.
 
KeithTalent

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Does that all mean you are going blind?

If so my condolences :(
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Kanalua

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shoot...and I felt bad from my Dr's visit. She just told me to lose weight, change my diet (gotta see the dietitian) and work out. She was a good looking Dr. So that made it worse. Me fat-so being told by cute Dr. to not be a lard-arse...
 
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Originally posted by: Kev
this post isn't about a girl. I'm confused.
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:laugh: good one. so, OP, what does this mean? we all know techno jargon but medical vocabulary of that level is beyond most of us. care to elaborate what the problem actually is?
 
Platypus

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It means that his muscle weakness/atrophy problem isn't neuropathic, but more a disorder of the muscles themselves.. most likely an early warning sign of muscular dystrophy.

damn dude, that's no good... anything you can do now that you caught it early?
 
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manlymatt83

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Originally posted by: Platypus
It means that his muscle weakness/atrophy problem isn't neuropathic, but more a disorder of the muscles themselves.. most likely an early warning sign of muscular dystrophy.

damn dude, that's no good... anything you can do now that you caught it early?
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No idea. He wanted to do a muscle biopsy, but then decided against it and said he should wait two months. So now I'm just in the dark.

And it is correct. This is most likely not ALS/MS, but it could be a muscle dystrophy of some sort.

-Matt
 
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Originally posted by: mjuszczak
Originally posted by: Platypus
It means that his muscle weakness/atrophy problem isn't neuropathic, but more a disorder of the muscles themselves.. most likely an early warning sign of muscular dystrophy.

damn dude, that's no good... anything you can do now that you caught it early?
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No idea. He wanted to do a muscle biopsy, but then decided against it and said he should wait two months. So now I'm just in the dark.

And it is correct. This is most likely not ALS/MS, but it could be a muscle dystrophy of some sort.

-Matt
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damn that sucks :(


 
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manlymatt83

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The thing is, this comes at an odd time.... when I was in the hospital with signs of muscle breakdown (rhabdoymyolysis) from working out too much. Rhabdomyolysis is a type of myopathy, and its usually curable. So now.... the question is. Which diagnosis is wrong?
 
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Originally posted by: mjuszczak
The thing is, this comes at an odd time.... when I was in the hospital with signs of muscle breakdown (rhabdoymyolysis) from working out too much. Rhabdomyolysis is a type of myopathy, and its usually curable. So now.... the question is. Which diagnosis is wrong?
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Doctors are humans, they make mistakes...unfortunate but true. I would go see more doctors with this given information and get more testing done.

Most of all, though seemingly impossible right now, stay positive about everything.
 
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manlymatt83

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Originally posted by: Codewiz
what symptoms made you go to the doctor and get checked out?
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OK so here is the story:


A year ago I started working out heavily with a personal trainer lifting weights. No major problems. Lost a lot of weight and got in shape.

2.5 weeks ago I went to the hospital after working out with high blood pressure. They almost sent me home but realized I had elevated CPK. They diagnosed me with rhabdomyolysis (which, according to wikipedia, is a myopathy). After flushing me with fluids, they sent me home saying that my CPK levels would drop (which they did over a period of a week). So obviously, the elevated CPK (which is an enzyme released when your muscles break down) was due to me working out too hard and not hydrating myself enough.

Fast forward to two weeks ago today. I woke up Wednesday morning after being home from the hospital a few days with really achey muscles. Went to the doctors who said it was just that my muscles had broken down and needed time to build back up.

Fast forward to today. Muscles weren't feeling any better. Got the EMG done. See attached results. Doctor says the changes are "only minor" and although the results are abnormal, its too early to tell what could be causing it, if anything.

I'm thinking that the elevated CPK could SOMEHOW have something to do with this, and now that the CPK has come down, hopefully the muscles would get back in shape. I'm praying that's the issue at hand. Especially since the nervous system is OK (Hence why the issue is not neuropathically related). The main fear right now is a dystrophy.

-Matt
 
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