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A member asked:

Muscle twitches for 10 says. arm feels weird which is where more twitching is but have random twitching all over.arm even feels hot.sound like als ?

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NOT ALS: Does not sound consistent with ALS, but could be secondary to your "spinal cord compression".

Answered 1/3/2015

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