New Risk Factor for ALS: Low Muscle Strength
An unexpected risk factor for later development of ALS has been found: low muscle strength. […]
How Often Is Excess Saliva Caused by TMJ Disorder?
Excess saliva with no apparent explanation can make some people think of ALS, but before you fear a death sentence, consider TMJ disorder. […]
Bulbar Onset Symptoms vs. Laryngeal Cancer: Symptom Comparison
Laryngeal cancer is one of the scariest diseases, but it would be appealing to someone who’s just been diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS. Symptoms overlap in these two conditions. “Both conditions can be associated with [...]
Stop Examining Your Tongue for Bulbar ALS
Here is why you have to STOP, once and for all, inspecting your tongue for bulbar-onset ALS. This destructive obsession has got to go. Do you realize how rare bulbar-onset ALS actually is? It’s about [...]
Is Tongue Twitching Normal if You Stick It Out to Inspect?
A neurologist explains if it’s normal for a tongue to twitch when you hold it out to examine it due to bulbar ALS fear. People with a fear of bulbar onset ALS will stick their [...]
Why Can’t ALS Patients Feel Their Tongue Twitching?
Though tongue twitching can result from bulbar-onset ALS, the patient never feels the fasciculations. When a person has bulbar-onset ALS, one of the symptoms can be a twitching tongue. These fasciculations look like worms squirming [...]
What Bulbar Tongue Twitching Really Looks Like
A neurologist describes what bulbar-onset ALS tongue twitching actually looks like. If you’re scared that you might have bulbar-onset ALS because you see your tongue twitching when you look at it in the mirror, you [...]
Twitching Tongue: Bulbar ALS or Normal?
If your twitching tongue is driving you mad with anxiety and fear of bulbar onset ALS, then you need to know how to rule out bulbar onset ALS, which is diagnosed in only about 600 [...]
Bulbar Onset ALS vs. Normal Tongue Twitching
Does a twitching tongue have you fearing you might have bulbar onset ALS? When a person initially becomes aware of tongue twitching, he or she normally has no idea what bulbar onset ALS even is. [...]
Sore Tongue: The Many Causes and Solutions
If your tongue has been sore lately, there are many possible causes, some serious. The first thing to consider, when suffering from a sore tongue, is to see if you've recently cut it with sharp food, [...]