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Dr Nikhil Sharma
Queen Square Private Healthcare
What are the typical symptoms of Motor Neurone Disease?
Dr Nikhil Sharma, Consultant Neurologist at Queen Square, says Motor Neurone Disease can present as various symptoms across the body without affecting sensory inputs which often delays diagnosis.
Transcript
So motor neurone disease can present in many different ways and that actually leads to some of the diagnostic delay often. It can cause problems with speech and swallowing. It can cause problems with any part of the body, so the hand or the foot becoming weak, but without any disturbance in the sensory system. So for example, that there wouldn't be any pins and needles or numbness typically.
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