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    ALS (Amyotrophic

    Lateral Sclerosis)
    BY: MICHAEL G7

    History of ALS

    In 1874, a French neurologist


    named Jean-Marie Charcot (18251893) noted the first report od
    ALS, and name the fatal syndrome
    based on what he found. He has
    been also called the Father of
    Neurology.

    He also explained how does the


    central nervous system works

    Basic Info
    Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS, is a type of very fast
    progressive and fatal neurological disease that attacks your motor neurons
    Motor neurons are nerve cells that is located in your brain. It controls the
    voluntary muscles in your body. If you got ALS, you will lose your ability to
    control your muscles such as the control over limbs and face.
    Scientist still dont know how does ALS transmit but 10% of ALS patient
    has a family member that had ALS or MND(Motor Neuron Disease)
    ALS is a type of MND, some diseases that is similar to ALS are:
    Progressive bulbar palsy (PBP), Progressive muscular atrophy (PMA) and
    Primary lateral sclerosis (PLS)

    ALS Affect on Human

    In the US, approximately 5,000 people are diagnosed yearly with ALS.
    Most are between the ages of 45-65, although many are not.In the
    United States, about 30,000 people are victims of ALS, most of them
    will die within 3-5 years of contracting the fatal syndrome. Ten percent
    of all known cases are hereditary. Although theres a higher percentage
    of male patient, the condition has no racial or ethnic boundaries.

    While the average survival time is 3 years, about20%of people with


    ALS live five years,10%will survive ten years and 5% will live 20 years
    or more.

    Signs and Symptoms

    The earliest symptoms are fasciculation, cramps, tight and stiff muscles or a
    muscle weakening on a arm or leg and difficulty of chewing or swallowing.

    However, the sequences of symptoms and the rate progression may vary
    from person to person. Eventually the patient will not be able to stand or
    walk and cant use their limbs. And he cant eat normally because it is too
    easy to get choke. Affected patient also face an increased risk of pneumonia
    during later stages of ALS.

    There is also a small chance of memory loss or lose the ability to make
    decisions although theres no scientific evidence of why.

    In the end, the patient will lose the ability to breathe and must depend on
    ventilatary support for survival.

    Diagnosis & Treatment

    To diagnose ALS, a neurologist will use an electromyogram (EMG),


    which is used to detectnerve damage. Additional tests can rule
    outmuscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord tumors, or other
    diseases.

    Although theres no treatment slows the progression of ALS, some


    drugs and devices are available to help control symptoms and make the
    patient survive with the disease easier.

    Rilutek is an approved drug for the treatment of ALS. How it works is


    not exactly known, but it seems to prevent the damage that can result
    from the nerve cell being overexcited by glutamate. But it might also
    damage your liver.

    Prevention and Extras

    There is no scientific prevention of ALS but doctors suggest that keep a


    happy and healthy life style and eat colorful vegetable can decrease
    the chance of getting ALS.

    USA has the highest percentage of ALS cases to its population due to
    the fast-paced lifestyle and stressed work.

    In a recent study, in almost 6000 ALS case, Approximately 75% of cases


    were Caucasian, 9.3% were African American, 3.6% were Asian, and
    12% were unknown race.

    Connection
    What is like for a person living with ALS?

    It is hard to live with ALS becauseevery dayyou lose some control over
    your body till the day you cant move at all, you need other peoples
    help on everything, eating, going tothe bathroom, even breathing. It
    can damage the patients mind because they are not able to do
    anything and improve their relationship with their family or friends
    which may lead toemotionaldepression or even suicide.

    What will the disease and prevention of it looks like in 10


    years?

    In 10 years, maybe there will be a cure or treatment that can regrow


    your nerve cells or a technology that can control your body without
    using nerve cell likean exo-skeletonsuit. Or maybe we can use
    microbots and change the entirenervoussystem of the patient into a

    Connection (2)
    What are they doing in regards to prevention?

    Countries are investing more money on studies and trying to make more
    people knows about ALS, there is a recent event call the Ice Bucket
    challenge to let more people know about ALS and donate to charity
    about ALS. However, theres no scientifically-proven prevention for ALS
    yet.

    Can I get ALS and how do I prevent it?

    Technically, thereis a chance of me getting ALS since 90% of the causes


    wereunknown, butas long as I keep a healthylifestyle, the chanceof me
    getting ALS is low for me, because only 3.6% of all ALSpatientsare Asian
    and none of my family member or ascendants have ALS or MND.

    References And Resources

    http://www.webmd.com/

    http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis

    http://dev.nsta.org/evwebs/2150/history.htm

    http://alsdb.org/

    http://www.alsa.org/

    LP Rowland, NA Shneider - New England Journal of Medicine, 2001

    MC Kiernan,S Vucic, 2011

    THX 4 WATCHING

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