The Muscle in between my tendons on the back of my hand near that same pinky finger is completely sunken in.

I am now 6.5 months since the body wide muscle twitching and I had a third EMG and it is still normal, but on that same right pinky finger, on the back of my hand (Dorsal interossi, anatomy picture attached), I now have very noticeable atrophy.

ALS sounds like a very complicated disease to me and so I really appreciate your help. I understand this might be anxiety induced, but given these recent pinky finger issues after 6 months of body-wide (intense) muscle twitching, it does feel strange that my pinky finger started to curl in and then receive a 'dent' that is on the backside of my hand on the other side of my pinky finger, (noticeable by my loved ones not just me). Does this sound more like some sort of injury? Is this possibly ALS, or 100% yes, or 100% no?ĭo you think I should push for a 3rd EMG?ĭoes Atrophy or Weakness come first? (and is this absolute, meaning is it always one before the other, or does it vary?)Īches and Pains, I feel some aches/pains in my pinky and forearm as well as my wrist - mainly depending on how I move them. I have read some cases in the 'recently diagnosed' forum, about folks who have had negative emgs and then sometimes even 3 or 4 emgs later, 3 years down the road they test positive for als. The soreness happens even when I am just looking down at my hand and moving it from left to right at the wrist. My pinky still has full function, and I can still grab a pull up bar and hang from it with just that hand, etc - but I have noticed soreness on the backside of that hand. Additionally, on the outside of that same hand, on the back of my hand by my pinky finger, there's a crater, like a sunken in spot. (it now sits under my ring finger when I close my hand). Then about 1 month ago, I noticed that that exact pinky finger started to 'curl in' to the rest of my fingers. It definitely hurt, but seemed to get better over the following week or two. There was one point about a month ago where the twitching in the bottom of my feet were so intense I could see 'waves' through the arch of my feet.Īpproximately one and a half months ago, I was riding my bike through a doorway and clipped my right pinky finger (ouch) between my handlebars and the doorway frame. I have had two EMGs, an MRI, and no real diagnosis, but my twitching has gotten much better but still feel the occasional 'pop'. Over the course of the following days, I started to twitch in many other places - shoulder, calfs, eyelid, and eventually even my fingers and toes started to wiggle or move on their own. I woke up about 6 months ago with twitching of my quadricep in my leg. I greatly appreciate your help in advance. 33 year old male and grateful to have found this forum.

Pinky finger twitching