Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also knows at Lou Gehrig’s diseases is a motor neuron disease that affect the motor system specially the anterior motor horn cells, corticobulbar/corticospinal tracts, and motor cranial nerves. ALS is a fatal and the causes are unknown. A small percent of the ALS patients are known to have familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS causes severe muscle atrophy since the neuron cell connections to the muscle are lost. After many studies the scientist were able

Long before Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis was brought to the world’s spotlight by the ice bucket challenge, ALS had made an immense impact on my life. I was in seventh grade when my parents told me that my grandmother had been diagnosed with ALS. ALS is a rapidly progressive, unfailingly fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles, with a median survival of 3 years. Over the course of just a few months I witnessed this disease transform my

ALS Jose Ramirez 2nd hour ALS is short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. It’s sometimes called Lou Gehrig’s disease. It’s a very deadly disease that has taken MANY people’s lives. It’s a slow and painful process. It usually starts from the bottom and works its way up north till you eventually die. It attacks your nerve cells which it eventually makes you immobile. Motor neurons located in the brain are the cells that are attacked by this deadly disease. ALS causes weakness with a wide range

I. Introduction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late onset neurological disorder characterized by motor neuron degeneration in brain stem, spinal cord and primary motor cortex. There is no single gene strictly associated with all ALS cases, the disease is thought to be caused by the interaction of many genetic factors as well as environmental influences. Most of ALS patients have no family history of this disease, familiar form accounts for only 5 to 10% and seems to be dominant in most

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal cord nerve cells. The degeneration of these neurons result in their death, which prevents the brain from initiating voluntary muscle movement. Patients may not experience the same symptoms throughout the phases, early symptoms include difficulties swallowing, breathing, speaking, and increasing muscle weakness.

The manifestations of ALS are caused by the location of motor neuron death. When upper motor neurons die, the symptoms include problems controlling fine movements, spasms, dysphagia, dysphonia and dysarthria (Porth & Matfin, 2009). “Manifestations of lower motor neuron destruction include fasciculations, weakness, muscle atrophy, and hyporeflexia” (Porth & Matfin, 2009, p. 1284). Patients with early signs of ALS usually complain of feeling weak on one side, which

Ashton Billington Billington 1 Dr. Ward Physical and emotional side effects of ALS Many people don’t know much about ALS; ALS is better known as “Lou Gehrig’s disease”.” ALS is a progressive disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord and the muscles throughout the body”. Musculr Dystrophy Assocation. "Stages of ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis." Muscular Dystrophy Association. N.p., 2014. Web. 01 Nov. There is no clear-cut time frame for how long somebody has after

right treatment after these incidents which later lead to ALS or CTE. Therefore I believe sports should modify their rules in the game to protect athletes from having serious injuries to the head and informing athletes of the risks they are putting themselves before they even join a team, it's important for the athletes to be aware of ALS and CTE and also their causes and long term effects. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig Disease, it's a disease that affect the

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. ALS is also named Lou Gehrig’s disease because he was the first person to bring ALS to a national attention in the 1930’s. Lou Gehrig’s amazing professional baseball career was ended short by this horrific disease. There are multiple treatments for ALS, but no cure for this fatal disease. In 2014, ALS was brought to major attention

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also called Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative motor disease that results in the destruction of the neurons responsible for involuntary muscle movement (NINDS 2014). Patients are determined to have ALS if they have both upper motor neuron disease and lower motor neuron disease (Gordon 2011). Many people that have been diagnosed with ALS are seen in wheelchairs or if the person is in the early onset of ALS, using other walking