Patients with acromegaly, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often show no signs of the disease and may experience symptoms early on, such as weakness in the hands and feet, muscle throbbing, and easy fatigue.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a motor neuron disease with an unknown cause. The onset of the disease will invade the brainstem neurons, corticospinal tracts, anterior horn cells of the spinal cord and so on.
In the early stage of the disease, weakness of the upper and lower limbs may occur, manifested as decreased handgrip strength, weakness in arm lifting, weakness in foot dorsal extension, etc., accompanied by generalized fatigue without any triggers, muscle throbbing, etc. The symptoms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can be seen in the early stage of the disease. With the progress of the disease, the symptoms will gradually become obvious, dysphagia, dyspnea, muscle atrophy of the limbs and other symptoms, the patient gradually lose the ability to work, may be bedridden for a long time.
Patients with this disease should go to the neurology clinic of the hospital as soon as possible.