Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:
Fasciculations affecting the tongue have diagnostic value beyond the identification of fasciculations affecting other parts of the body. They can, however, be hard to confidently identify.
| Supercategory | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fasciculations |
| Disorder | Clinical features | Associated features | Investigations | Disease modifying treatment available | Time critical |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
Weakness Fasciculations |
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| Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy |
Weakness Peri-oral fasciculations |
Tongue fasciculations themselves do not require any treatment.