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abnormal emg and thoughts about genetic testing?

Posted by bprather @bprather, 1 day ago

hey i’m 25 year old female i have been here in scottsdale for a couple days at the mayo clinic. my EMG was very weird via the doctors and said something about increased insertional activity they want me to get genetic testing which im not sure about im wondering if anyone has gotten it done i also tested positive for MI-2 which strongly relates to dermatomyositis and i was supposed to get a muscle biopsy done but now they don’t think it’s myositis and think it’s more genetic no one in my family has any genetic muscle disease. wondering if anyone can relate im feeling a little hopeless and scared.

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bprather | @bprather | 20 hours ago
In reply to @dlydailyhope "@bprather Autonomic dysfunction can be tied to small fiber neuropathy damage. Ask to have the small..." + (show)
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Autonomic dysfunction can be tied to small fiber neuropathy damage. Ask to have the small fiber neuropathy skin punch biopsy (small samples of skin taken from thigh/calf or ankle). This is gold standard to do this type of biopsy to diagnose.

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i will definitely ask for that! i did have a skin punch biopsy to confirm the prurigo nodularis

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