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Als Ice Bucket Challenge Research Paper

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People who were on social media or watched the news will remember the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. This ‘challenge’ involved two things; dumping a bucket of ice water on your head and nominating other people to do the challenge. Most people had no idea what ALS stands for, or what they even doing; they just wanted to be a part of the trend. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was started when professional golfer Chris Kennedy challenged his sister, Jeanette Senerchia in Pelham, New York. Senerchia’s husband has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). Senerchia uploaded a video of her dumping ice water on her head to Facebook, and the trend was born. When you dump the ice water over your head, for a split second, you are feeling what people with ALS feel …show more content…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis comes from the greek language. ‘A’ means no, ‘myo’ means muscle, and ‘trophic’ means nourishment, all together it means no muscle nourishment. Lateral is talking about around the spinal cord, where it gets scarred and hardens, sclerosis. There are two types of ALS; sporadic and familial. Sporadic is the most common form in the US, 90%-95% of all cases. Familial ALS (FALS) is inherited from people’s parents. In these kinds of families, there is a 50% chance that the offspring will get these gene and may develop …show more content…

Also, ALS can start at any time; there is no age that the symptoms start. Testing for other diseases and ruling them out is usually how ALS is diagnosed. Normally, these tests are given; electromyography, nerve conduction velocity, blood and urine studies, spinal tap, magnetic resonance imaging, muscle biopsy, nerve biopsy, and a thorough neurological examination. If all other diseases are ruled out by completing these tests and a neurologist feels as though you do have ALS, you are officially diagnosed with

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