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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

progressive disease that occurs in the nerve cells which controls muscle movement. Over time it takes over the rest of the patient’s body until finally the heart gives up. Motor neurons make this disease progress. They reach from the brain to the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the rest of the body. Degeneration of the motor neurons is the cause of death in patients. The death of motor neurons leads to the brain not being able to control muscle movement. ALS is mainly a sporadic disease but 10% of

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 they get diagnosed

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or better known as ALS, is a neurodegenerative disorder that damages the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord which results in gradual loss of muscle function and paralysis. From time of diagnosis, most people only live two to five years. It is a fatal disease that often kills once it reaches the muscles that help you breathe. Even if invasive measures are used to prolong life such as using a ventilator, death eventually comes from either an infection, heart failure

The Central Nervous System: -The CNS is composed of the brain and the spinal cord. This system is responsible for the sensory information and responding accordingly. The spinal cord sends signals between the brain and the rest of the body and controls simple musculoskeletal reflexes. This isn’t using input from the brain. The brain is responsible for most sensory information and coordinating body function, both consciously and unconsciously. Also one portion of the CNS we may forget at times is

“The Legalization of marijuana in the Southern Culture” If you’re from the south or have lived in the south for a long period of time, then you know and understand the principles and the moral compass that the southern culture holds dear. Being from the south born and raised people tend to creep around topics such as the legalization of marijuana, hoping to not offend anyone, but there are both pros and cons of the subject. Coming from a medical field standpoint, I believe that legalization of

Quietly he sat, staring up at the ceiling while contemplating the bits and pieces of family conversations, he had overheard throughout the years. As much as he tried he could not connect the dots. Frustrate, Cord closed the file and as he stood up his eye caught sight of the sheet of paper resting on the floor. When he leaned over to pick it up, he noticed something written, in faded blue ink, on the back of it: Albert has never read a single word written

result in a response by the somatic nervous system. Joint positions above the injury should also still be discernible. The right side above the level of injury should exhibit similar responses to those on the left side. Assuming the cut into the spinal cord is clean and has not partially cut any spinal nerves, then the spinal nerves connected above the level of injury should function normally. Therefore, Paul should be able to sense the light touch and vibrations, although they may not be discernible

Did you know that cord blood can treat over 80 medical conditions and diseases? Cord blood refers to residual blood that’s present in the placenta and umbilical cord immediately after a baby is born. This blood can be gathered and stored to treat various types of illnesses and medical conditions. When harvested immediately after the birth of a baby, cord blood has a number of stem cells that can take the form of other cell types in the body such as fat, liver, muscle, nerve, and blood cells. Here

vThe spinal cord is well-protected anatomically with barriers, vertebra, muscles of the back, and the meninges. A considerable force is required to cause trauma to the neural tissue of the spinal cord. This can be laceration or maceration by a sharp penetrating object; contusion or compression, the most common form of spinal cord injury; or infarct by vascular insult. All of these injury forces begin the process of tissue destruction we term the primary injury. These mechanical forces predominately