My brother in law 52 years of age has been sick for probably 5 or more years and is afraid to go to a doctor. He is getting worse. His wife has cancer and I am trying to figure out what we are gonna do with him. He has begin to fall out of bed and tonight my husband had to go help him get off the side of the bed he was bent over forward and could not get up. He has had slurred speech for several years, he is bending over more and more every year. He is losing muscles slowly. His mind is great. He is very slow to react and move. His legs has begin to cramp very bad lately. We first thought a stroke, but I don t think that is it, because he has gotten worse by time not all at once. I thought maybe thyroid. But I don t know, I just know he will not be he a year from now if we don t do something. What could this be?
Hi, thank you for providing the brief history. As mentioned the slurred speech and muscle weakness, also as years passed by his condition worsened I will request you to check it out once with a physician and maybe you need an MRI of brain. Which can help reveal some soft tissue Injury. As you mentioned the condition is progressing as days pass by it is hard to come to a conclusion. However, as you said he is having too much weakness, in a way to help is to get into a physical therapy activity. Like exercises. But seeing to his condition it is advisable to check as it may be a Parkinson disease or may be some other. With the grace of God I wish for good health.