How long does muscle weakness last in the early stages of ALS?

If ALS is suspected, you should go to the neurology department of the hospital for a systematic examination. Including electrophysiological examination, nerve conduction velocity examination, electromyography examination, electromyography examination is the most effective examination method, other examinations include brain MRI, cerebrospinal fluid examination, heavy metal examination, cervical spine MRI, blood laboratory test, including genetic testing, etc.

Guiding opinions: The current level of medical technology ALS is an incurable disease and cannot be completely **. The prognosis of ALS people is relatively poor, early muscle atrophy, muscle weakness, gradual paralysis, respiratory muscle weakness, which leads to respiratory failure, and eventually death, 50% of patients die within three years after the onset of the disease, 20% of patients can survive for five years, 10% of patients can survive for ten years, but patients who survive for more than 30 years are extremely rare.

ALS, also known as motor neuron disease.

It is a chronic disease. The clinical characteristics of this disease are: 1. Insidious onset, progressive aggravation, mainly manifested as muscle atrophy of the distal limbs.

Weakness, hypertonia.

Fasciculations, dysmobility, bulbar palsy, dysarthria, choking on eating, breathing and swallowing disorders, hyperreflexia, and positive pathological features.

There is usually no sensory impairment. 2. The disease is most affected by middle-aged people, mostly between 40-50 years old, but it can also occur in childhood and after the age of 70. There are 2-3 times more males than females, and some patients have a positive family history, usually inherited in an autosomal dominant manner.

The earliest symptoms of motor neuron disease are: 1. Asymmetric weakness of the limbs, or unclear arthria, the onset of the upper limbs mostly starts from shoulder weakness, and sometimes after a slight local injury, distal weakness is often more obvious, manifested as holding weakness, about 35% of patients are first in the upper limbs, and about 40% of patients start from the lumbar segment of the spinal cord, these patients limp due to unilateral foot drop or difficulty standing due to weakness.

2. Early muscle cramps are common, and they are mostly in the proximal and distal muscles of the lower limbs affected. Muscle beats can be a cause for concern, and sometimes muscles beat months before weakness and muscle atrophy. 3. With the development of the course of the disease, almost all patients with the onset of limbs will have bulbar symptoms, and the weakness will be further aggravated, and the muscle beating will become insignificant.

Conversely, people who develop bulbar symptoms end up with extremity symptoms.

ALS can bring symptoms in the early stages: muscle weakness, lack of strength in the muscles of the whole body, aphasia, inability to swallow, weakness of the tongue, drooping eyelids, incontinence, muscle atrophy of the whole body, loss of mobility. ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is characterized by progressive degeneration of motor nerve cells (neurons) in the brain and spinal cord.

Motor nerve cells in the brain, brainstem, and spinal cord are attacked, and muscles become atrophied and weakened to the point of paralysis. At the same time, it is also accompanied by symptoms such as decreased speech, swallowing and respiratory function, gradual atrophy and paralysis, and the body seems to be gradually frozen, so it is called "gradual freezing person".

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People with ALS tend not to live long, usually less than 10 years.

ALS people will gradually start from the limbs, slowly accumulate the muscles of the whole body and cannot move, and finally affect the patient's breathing muscles, swallowing muscles, speech muscles, etc., and the whole body cannot move. In this case, it is easy to die from complications, and the life expectancy is generally within 10 years after the disease.

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The condition of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is still unknown. In 20% of cases, it may be related to heredity or genetic defects. In addition, some environmental factors, such as heavy metal poisoning, can cause motor neuron damage. The main theories of the causes of motor neuron damage are:

1.Neurotoxic substances accumulate and glutamate accumulates between nerve cells, causing damage to nerve cells over time.

2.Free radicals damage nerve cell membranes.

3.Nerve growth factor deficiency prevents nerve cells from growing and developing sustainably.

ALS is medically known as motor neuron disease, which is caused by motor nerve damage, including upper motor neuron damage and lower motor neuron damage, which is manifested as muscle weakness, atrophy and quadriplegia throughout the body. Physical examination may reveal muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and fasciculations, as well as tendon hyperreflexia and positive pathological reflexes. Because the pathogenesis is not yet clear, there is no particularly good way.

Nutritional support is mainly given**, and if the patient has difficulty swallowing and chewing, nasogastric feeding or gastrostomy surgery can be performed. If the respiratory muscles are paralyzed, a tracheostomy should be done as soon as possible to maintain breathing with a ventilator. At present, there is an internationally recognized drug called Lirutai, which can be used for ALS, which has a certain delaying effect on the progression of ALS.

In about 10 years, you can observe the specific situation, and if it is serious, you should go to the hospital in time.

The full name of ALS should be called motor neuron disease, and the main content is called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, which covers the lesions of lower motor neuron and upper motor neurons. The main manifestations of upper neuron lesions are muscle weakness, muscle stiffness, and tendon hyperreflexia, while the lesions of lower motor neurons are mainly clinical manifestations such as muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and muscle tremor. How long you can live with ALS depends on how quickly the disease progresses, and some can survive for a long time if the disease progresses slowly, remains stable for a long time, or does not affect important muscles.

If the patient progresses very rapidly, quickly causing quadriplegia and paralysis of the throat muscles and respiratory muscles, the life expectancy of such patients will be significantly shortened. In summary, according to the literature, the average survival life of ALS is 5-7 years, the shortest may be 2-3 years, and the longest can reach 10-20 years. On the one hand, it depends on the medical condition, and on the other hand, it depends on the medical conditions at the time to determine how long you can survive.

ALS patients generally survive for 3 to 5 years, some ALS patients may survive for decades, while for severe active patients, they may survive for 4 months.

ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in clinical practice, is a condition of motor neuron disease that progresses continuously. At present, ALS** is not clear, and it may be related to factors such as genetic and immune environment, so it is passed for ALS patients**. Medications** prolong the patient's life as much as possible.

ALS, also known as motor neuron disease, has early symptoms of muscle atrophy and muscle weakness. The most common type of ALS is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis generally occurs after 40, the early symptoms are inflexible finger movements and weak strength, and then the hand muscles will begin to atrophy, and gradually develop the muscles of the forearm, upper arm and shoulder girdle, and then there will be spastic paralysis of the lower limbs, increased muscle tone and other symptoms, the course of the disease will continue to develop, and the patient will eventually die due to ventilator paralysis or complicated respiratory infection. Other types show symptoms such as muscle weakness, muscle atrophy, and choking on drinking water in the early stages.

If you feel unwell, be positive**, even if the condition is not optimistic, be optimistic and don't worry too much.

ALS is a neuronal disease, and muscle weakness is a muscle disease, and the two are different.

This may be potassium deficiency, you can do a neurology department to do an electrolyte look, or take a blood test to see if the hyperthyroidism is normal