There is no such thing as the “ten signs of acromegaly”. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease in which one or both sides of the fingers show symptoms of clumsiness and weakness in the early stages of the disease.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a motor neuron disease in which the muscles of the trunk, limbs, head and face are weak and atrophic due to damage to the upper and lower motor neurons. It may be related to factors such as genetics, metal toxicity, autoimmune deficiency, and nerve growth factor deficiency.
In the early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, there may be clumsiness of the hands, weakness of the limbs, and difficulty in standing, often similar to the early symptoms of cervical spondylosis and lumbar spondylosis. Subsequently, hand muscle atrophy occurs, and with the aggravation of the disease will gradually spread to the arm, scapular muscles and even the whole body, and finally there are breathing and swallowing difficulties, as if the body is frozen.
If the above early symptoms occur, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital as soon as possible for a systematic examination to avoid delays.