by Yuliasir on October 25th, 2014, 12:42 pm
i must say one of the fullest test panel I seen here.
General blood test, immuno panels for HIV, CMV, EBV (main viruses affecting nerves), tests to check chronic poisoning, lyme, autoimmune neuropathy, malabsorption of B group vitamines (maybe, not sure what is folate - probably level of folic acid absorption)
Full size brain MRI - from head to sacrum, double one - to see if any contrasting lesions are present (MS, radiculopathy, as usually ALS does not make any prominent changes on MRI)
Full size EMG - limbs and cranial nerves - which means you would be completely assesed for any LMN signs in all limbs and bulbar region.
EEG for seizures - really do not know why... if you have some epi activity - there would be quite different bunch of symptomes (usually fainting, absances, etc)... BFS people may have focal excitation partly similar to epileptic one (If I do not mess something, it was seen of fMRI, not on EEG), but I doubt anybody here had EEG as part of standard diagnostic panel.
at least I would say very deep investigation.