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B.A.D. Night - MRI tomorrow
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 312038" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>There's no question that Jess has some sort of 'dystonia'. That just means abnormal muscle tone. In her case that is abnormal contractions.</p><p></p><p>The problem is that dystonia is a SYMPTOM and can be caused by a variety of conditions. </p><p></p><p>Have you asked the docs about doing a muscle biopsy? Some muscle problems can be picked up this way.</p><p></p><p>The muscle biopsy sounds a bit gruesome, but I've had one done and all they do is give a local anesthetic and use a punch needle to take out a tiny sample of the muscle tissue.</p><p></p><p>Once the local wears off you just have a sore spot and a bit of a bruise. My gut is telling me that this might be endocrine instead of neurological in origin. There are a lot of dystonias that are due to abnormal storage/metabolism of glycogen and a lot of those kick in in the teens.</p><p></p><p>Docs can often see the cause on the biopsy sample.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 312038, member: 1963"] There's no question that Jess has some sort of 'dystonia'. That just means abnormal muscle tone. In her case that is abnormal contractions. The problem is that dystonia is a SYMPTOM and can be caused by a variety of conditions. Have you asked the docs about doing a muscle biopsy? Some muscle problems can be picked up this way. The muscle biopsy sounds a bit gruesome, but I've had one done and all they do is give a local anesthetic and use a punch needle to take out a tiny sample of the muscle tissue. Once the local wears off you just have a sore spot and a bit of a bruise. My gut is telling me that this might be endocrine instead of neurological in origin. There are a lot of dystonias that are due to abnormal storage/metabolism of glycogen and a lot of those kick in in the teens. Docs can often see the cause on the biopsy sample. [/QUOTE]
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