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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease - is a neurological disease which attacks the motor neurons causing irrevocable damage in the ability to control voluntary muscle movement of the body.
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Review Date: 10/18/2008
Reviewed By: Jennifer K. Mannheim, CRNP, private practice, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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ALS: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS has two meanings. One meaning of ALS refers to several adult diseases characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neurons.
How is ALS diagnosed?
It can be hard for your doctor to tell if you have ALS. It may not be clear that you have the disease until symptoms get worse or until your doctor has done more testing.
ALS is a neurological disorder characterized by the slow wasting away, or atrophy, of the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord.
ALS is also called Lou Gehrig's disease, after a well-known baseball player who died of ALS. It is rare. About 1 new case per 100,000 people is diagnosed each year. Symptoms most often appear in people who are between 40 and 70 years old.
ALS does not affect mental functioning or the senses (such as seeing or hearing), and it is not contagious. Currently, there is no cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Overview, Causes, & Risk Factors
In about 10% of cases, ALS is caused by a genetic defect. In other cases, the cause is unknown.
ALS commonly begins in one part of your body and progresses slowly. Gradual death of nerve cells saps muscles of their control. Early signs and symptoms of ALS include:
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ALS often begins with muscle twitching and weakness in an arm or leg, or with slurring of speech. Eventually, ALS affects your ability to control the muscles needed to move, speak, eat and breathe.
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EPIDEMIOLOGY: ALS strikes in mid-life, most often in the fifth through seventh decades of life. Men are about one-and-a-half times more likely to have the disease as women.
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. A terminal neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of motor cells in the spinal cord and brain. It is often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease." ...
(ALS; Lou Gehrig's Disease; Motor Neuron Disease)
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ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis): A classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive chronic diseases of the nerves that come from the spinal cord responsible for supplying electrical stimulation to the muscles.
How is ALS-MND diagnosed?
Unfortunately, there is no test that confirms ALS-MND. People with suspected ALS-MND are normally referred to a specialist (neurologist) for assessment.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive muscular paralysis reflecting degeneration of motor neurons in the primary motor cortex, ...
ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a disorder that causes the loss of control of the voluntary muscles due to a degeneration of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Causes
In about 10% of cases, ALS is caused by a genetic defect. In other cases, the cause is unknown.
ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Alternative Names
Lou Gehrig's disease; ALS; Upper and lower motor neuron disease; Motor neuron disease ...
ALS is one of a group of diseases known as motor neuron diseases. Neurons are nerve cells, and motor neurons control movement. Persons with motor neuron disease gradually lose muscle control and become paralyzed.
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ALS occurs when specific nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary movement gradually degenerate. The loss of these motor neurons causes the muscles under their control to weaken and waste away, leading eventually to paralysis.
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ALS is characterized predominantly by degeneration of both corticospinal tracts as well as lower motor neurons. The extent of corticospinal tract degeneration varies along the neuraxis.
ALS causes progressive weakness, which may at first be mild and subtle, but becomes severe and eventually affects the breathing muscle machinery. This disease ultimately results in death.
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ALS affects both upper and lower motor neurons. When these neurons degenerate or die, they cease to send messages to muscles. The muscles that lose functioning ability gradually weaken, waste away (atrophy), and twitch (fasciculations).
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ALS usually leaves intellect intact and spares the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. It doesn't affect involuntary muscles, such as the muscles that control heartbeat and bladder and bowel function.
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ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, is named after the great New York Yankee's first basemen. Lou Gehrig, known as the "Ironman" of baseball, died two years after he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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(ALS)(´´mtrf´ik, sklr´ss), sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, degenerative disease that affects motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, preventing them from sending impulses to the muscles.
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Myasthenia gravis
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The cause of ALS is not known. Some theoretical causes are genetic or inherited factors, environmental poisons (toxins), viral infections, or dysfunction of the body's defense system (immunological factors).
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This condition affects up to 10% of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), 15% of patients with Alzheimer’s, and up to 49% of patients with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
In some types of MND, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig's disease) muscle weakness is progressive and eventually leads to death when the muscles that control breathing no longer work.
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