Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Question: What are the origins of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Answer: Scroll down to causes here: http://www.answers.com/topic/motor-neurone-disease

Question: How do you pronounce: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Answer: am-e-o-tro-fic la-ter-al scluh-row-sis

Question: Does ALS in tuesdays with morrie stand for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis?

Answer: Yes, it is also more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease

Question: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)? can ayone explain Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis to me in Lamans terms please? Thank you to all of those who answer.

Answer: That's what Stephen Hawking is affected with. Visit: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis/DS00359

Question: Anxiety or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? I have been feeling a very strong anxiety for more than six months. Now I’m feeling much better, but now I’m feeling a lot of muscular movements like tics that affects several muscular groups especially in my face, arms, my back and shoulders. Last week I had a very strong back and shoulders pain, and now that I’m feeling better this happens and I feel that anxiety I coming back to me. Some times I wake up during the night and it happens that I can’t move one of my arms, but as soon as I start moving it, I feel completely recovered. Do you think that these conditions are related to Anxiety or do you believe that it can be related to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

Answer: When you feel these pains and you start thinking about what they could be it triggers anxiety attacks, I have the same thing for 8 years now. Trust me its OK

Question: Is there any connection between Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)?

Answer: ALS is one of the Muscular Dystrophy diseases. Typically life expectancy with ALS is less than 5 years from date of diagnosis. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure.

Question: What is ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's disease ? please help science project due.? I have a science project on this genetic disorder(ALS) due. I need information on it such as what causes it, including type of mutation, if it is dominant or recessive, if it is inherited, how autosomal (I know the symptoms and treatment) Life expectancy, current research on it and what does the future hold for people with this disorder. I need three sources, I have two, internet and a book. Someone please help. Thanks for any help. Thanks a lot keno, you helped.

Answer: Hi. this is a health topic that the space here will not be enough to answer your questons. Please go to http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/detail_amyotrophiclateralsclerosis.htm or http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/tutorials/amyotrophiclateralsclerosis/htm/index.htm for a complete tutorial goodluck on your project

Question: What do you know about ALS(Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)?

Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sometimes called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a rapidly progressive, invariably fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells (neurons) responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. The disease belongs to a group of disorders known as motor neuron diseases, which are characterized by the gradual degeneration and death of motor neurons. Motor neurons are nerve cells located in the brain, brainstem, and spinal cord that serve as controlling units and vital communication links between the nervous system and the voluntary muscles of the body. Messages from motor neurons in the brain (called upper motor neurons) are transmitted to motor neurons in the spinal cord (called lower motor neurons) and from them to particular muscles. In ALS, both the upper motor neurons and the lower motor neurons degenerate or die, ceasing to send messages to muscles. Unable to function, the muscles gradually weaken, waste away (atrophy), and twitch (fasciculations) . Eventually, the ability of the brain to start and control voluntary movement is lost. ALS causes weakness with a wide range of disabilities. Eventually, all muscles under voluntary control are affected, and patients lose their strength and the ability to move their arms, legs, and body. When muscles in the diaphragm and chest wall fail, patients lose the ability to breathe without ventilatory support. Most people with ALS die from respiratory failure, usually within 3 to 5 years from the onset of symptoms. However, about 10 percent of ALS patients survive for 10 or more years. Although the disease usually does not impair a person's mind or intelligence, several recent studies suggest that some ALS patients may have alterations in cognitive functions such as depression and probems with decision-making and memory. ALS does not affect a person's ability to see, smell, taste, hear, or recognize touch. Patients usually maintain control of eye muscles and bladder and bowel functions.

Question: What do you know about ALS(Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) known as Lou Gherig's disease? How can you help them?

Answer: I know it's gotta be a hard ting 2 live with. Anything that's degenerative is bad, knowing it's only going 2 get worse every second of everyday 4 the rest of Ur life. I'm living with a degenerative spinal disease, my disc R all ruptured. I could not imagine living knowing that's Ur nerves, motor control, loss in strength & motion is going with nothing that U can do about it. Knowing it's going 2 get worse, I can almost feel thiere despair. I'm not even motivated 2 get up. Good question. Hope I helped or gave U something 2 think about.

Question: Can Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) be prevented?

Answer: Nope... It cant...unfortunately, we dont have any predictive parameters that we can detect in order to know, who is prone or who will or will not develop that disease..... So far, there is no means of genetic "mapping" or finding the specific part of the genoma that codifies the glutamate calcium channel for the neurons (motor ) of the spinal cord..... We are still digging in the dark, for other than very mild ameliorating drugs such as riluzole, that has a very poor effect indeed, in the person already affected by such cruel disease... We are only human....

Question: Where in the world does Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis occur? I think it can occur anywhere, but Im not sure.

Answer: ya it can happen anywhere

Question: can kids get Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? im 15 and having muscle jerking twitching...and other things???

Answer: No. ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig's disease, is an adult disease. It develops between the ages of 40 and 70, with most people being in their 50s when affected. Please see a doctor to find out about your muscle twitching. It could simply be a deficiency (potassium) or tics. The cause of tics is unknown but is thought to be stress. Tics usually go away on their own in time, which can range from a few weeks to several months. Tics are common in children and teens but usually not present in adulthood. Please see a doctor to be on the safe side.

Question: is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, lou gehrig's disease) a type of multiple sclerosis (MS)? i'm doing a project. and all i can find is things on "are they the same thing?" but thats not what i want to know, i wanna know if ALS is a form of MS. help me?

Answer: No, ALS is a motor neuron is a progressive chronic disease of the nerves that come from the spinal cord and supply electrical stimulation to the muscles. MS is an autoimmune disease where the body's immune system sees myelin (the insulation if nerve fibers) as a foreign substance and attacks the myelin. The myelin damage interferes with the transmission of nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the body. The disruption of nerve impulses produces the symptoms of MS. Symptoms vary depending on where the damage occurred. Some symptoms come and go, others may be more lasting.

Question: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Please some help?? How long does it takes to develop this illness, since the first symptoms appears? Can it affect people under the age of 30? How intense are the muscular tics that are related whit this condition? Thakyou for your help!!!

Answer: It can affect people under 30. I had a former co-worker who developed ALS in her mid-20s. Basically, once you have any symptoms of ALS, you have the disease. It generally takes about a year for a person to be diagnosed with ALS. If you really think you may have ALS, you need to see your doctor ASAP. For more information, please see http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/amyotro… .

Question: what is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?

Answer: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, is a disorder which affects the nervous system. It involves the degeneration of motor neurons, which control movement; patients with ALS display such symptoms as muscle weakness and trouble breathing. Since muscles can no longer be used, they atrophy (waste away). People with advanced stages can become paralyzed.

Question: Does anybody knows if there's a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS (Lou Garrick's disease)?

Answer: Unfortunately, no. There are drugs that help ward off the symptoms of the disease but only for a short while. If possible it helps if the person starts exercising as much as possible, that too helps keep the symptoms at bay for a short time. I hope you're not asking for yourself.