CTE and ALS Can Attack Many people around the world may be familiar with the horrible diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, which both are commonly caused from brain trauma. However, what people may not know is that these brain injuries are frequently reoccuring among athletes from collision sports. CTE is a neurodegenerative disease found from multiple head injuries. On the other hand, ALS can also be from a brain collision or hereditary. ALS causes
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is causing many athletes to have severe medical problems. ALS affects every part of your body except your brain and also impacts physical function. CTE attacks only your brain and not your body. Young athletes with a history of repeated head trauma have higher risks of getting these diseases. These diseases are more common in contact sports. Concussions and head traumas are two huge factors to ALS and CTE. Multiple hits to
Take Precaution No Matter What Professional athletes can be at risk of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,Chronic Traumatic Encetholpothy and concussions. The reason they can occur is because of brain trauma. ALS is a diseases in which certain nerves cells in the brain in the spinal cord slowly die, it is also responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movements. On the other hand CTE is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans and others that have a history in repetitive brain
Functional Deficits Caused by ALS People with ALS have a median survival of three years, and the immediate cause of death is respiratory failure, pneumonia, or cardiac arrhythmias (Arbesman, M; Sheard, K). According to Arbesman and Sheard, about ten percent of people with ALS survive ten years or more (Arbesman, M; Sheard, K). Early symptoms of ALS diagnosed individuals include muscle twitches in the upper and lower extremities and in the tongue, muscle cramps, stiff muscles, muscle weakness in
What The Sports World Is Doing About CTE And ALS In November of 2016 Former NFL Football player, Kevin Turner died of "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)" at the age of forty-six years old. Shockingly, it was found after his death that he died of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) not ALS. From this new discovery, the idea of ALS and CTE being linked was brought forth. ALS is a disease that attacks and weakens all other parts of the body except the brain, whereas CTE is a brain disease that
Athletes Constantly Being Threatened Sports athletes such as Lou Gehrig gain success and win championships, but they may lose their ability to perform daily functions. Diseases such as ALS and CTE are one of the main causes that strip athletes from continuing to practice sports and physical activities. These two conditions are consequences of hits and impacts to the head that affect the brain. Therefore, people should be prepared and know what to do when an athlete receives a blow to the head. Rules
get CTE and ALS It took the knockout of Hall of Fame quarterback, Troy Aikman, to get the NFL to finally take concussions seriously. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis known as (ALS) is a disease that causes neurons which control voluntary muscles. Makes people weak also difficult to speak, swallow, and breathe. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy known as (CTE) is also described as brain degeneration. It is coming more common now in the word that athletes are now more likely to get CTE or ALS. People need
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