Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Every medical student goes through this phase, when after noting a few symptoms, it starts to look like a serious disease what he/she has read in the medical textbook.
As a
neurologist, I can assure you that your symptoms are not suggestive of bulbar ALS or any other serious neurological disease.
When a patient with bulbar ALS develops swallowing problem, there would be slurred speech, nasal twang in the speech, coughing or
choking while swallowing and the tongue would be wasted (thinned out).
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, India
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