ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease)
By: Logan Westendorf
Symptoms
- Muscle weakness
- Bad coordination
- Stiff muscle
- Loss of muscle
- Muscle spasms
- Overactive reflexes
- Feeling faint
- Impaired voice
- Drooling
- Difficulty swallowing
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Severe constipation
- Severe unintentional weight loss
- Shortness of breath
- Trouble raising the leg
Treatments
It can not be cured. There are some treatments that can reduce discomfort.
Procedures
- Tracheotomy
- Gastronomy
- Physically therapie
- Riluzole
- Tizanidine
- Baclofen
- Physical therapist
- Primary care provider
- Speech therapist
- Palliative medicine
- Occupational therapist
- Pulmonologist
- Respiratory therapist
Causes
- Gene mutation
- Chemical imbalance
- Disorganized immune response
- Protein mishandling
Who gets it?
They people who get this most are men within the ages of 50-70. It is said that men get ALS 20% more times then women do.
Sources
- Google
- http://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-speech-impairment-definition-causes-characteristics.html
- http://www.alsa.org/about-als/who-gets-als.html
- http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/?referrer=http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html?referrer=http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/
- http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/basics/causes/con-20024397