What does CMT stand for?

[Guest guest]

Hi my name is , I just joined the group. Can you tell me what CMT stands

for. I'mm just wondering if I understood the group I joined.

thanks

[Guest guest]

,

CMT stands for Charcot Marie Tooth disease. Read the full description

of our network at http://hope.info You can read an overview of

the disease at http://www.neurologychannel.com/charcot/index.shtml

Gretchen

[Guest guest]

i thank you for letting me join the group. but i dont think cmt, is what i got.

see in 2000, i got atrophy in my leg. happen for no apparent reason. which i was

working as a housekeeper in hotels for 30yrs. so it wasnt that i wasnt using my

muscles. the drs were thinking maybe a pinched nerve. but dont know. my concern

is now im having too many muscle spasms or cramps, in my leg and foot. it

happens when i climb stairs, or walk like a big store like walmart. and then

again just moving my leg the wrong why, i get them. so i thought this was a

group for ones that had atrophy like me. i also have a lot of numbness, and

cold chills in my leg. dont have any idea what it could be caused from my

atrophy.

thanks mary

[Guest guest]

:

I would say see a neurologist and get tested. You might have Hereditary Spastic

Paraplegia like me...I had and have some your same symptoms from the beginning.

I have atrophy in my legs also. Do you find yourself tripping sometimes? This

is a sign too..but the best way to find out is by seeing a neurologist.

Marin