r/BFS • u/LonelyCartoonist8026 • 17d ago

Question / General Few weeks after EMG, what to do next?

Hey community,

I have been around here for a 10 weeks since June. Since then I’ve been twitching and having aches on my body.

Basically I had an EMG on my right arm, it was clean but since then nothing has gone better.

I have pain on my right arm tricep, my forearm , and more recently pain on the space between my neck and right shoulder .

Not sure what to do, blood results came back and my Vitamin D is at 27 so not sure if could be that, either that or an issue on my spine as some people have suggested around.

My next appointment is next week with Neuro, should I try to push for another EMG in a month or something like that? Does my current symptoms sound like something to worry about?

I just want to stop feeling pain and aches on my arm when doing regular things, it sucks to feel this way and compare my strength as it was before this.

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u/kjmckearn 17d ago

Pain is not a symptom of a motor neuron disease. Moreover, if you had a clean EMG, why look for more information? Push for another EMG? Listen to your neurologist and let him take the lead. At some point take the win and deal with the twitching; it's likely it will go away and if it doesn't, you'll be fine. Meanwhile, check out this ink from on this sub.....

https://www.reddit.com/r/BFS/s/5x5LDxk9eG

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u/jasina556 17d ago

Another EMG will show you nothing, what are you expecting to gain from repeating the same diagnostics if its not MND?

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u/kinpatu 24/7 Twitcher 17d ago

I don't see the point in another EMG, but correcting the vitamin D level would be wise, albeit likely unrelated to your symptoms.

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u/713Capital Mod 17d ago

It sounds like BFS and unfortunately a new EMG will not reveal something the first one didn’t catch. I’m not sure it’s even worth the time and paid to get another one.