A lot of attention has been on ALS Ice bucket challenge. Some still have no idea as to why?
What is ALS? The medical term is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis aka Lou Gehrig's disease. It affects nerve cells in thr brain and spinal cord. It causes muscle weakness in hands, arms, legs and or muscles of speech. It also causes twitching, cramping, and shortness of breath. Symptoms can vary in persons and survival time is typically 3-5 years. Although there has been cases of people living up to 10 years. ALS has been known to remit and halt its progression.
5,600 each year are diagnosed with ALS. There are 30,000 people that may have the disease and not know it. The fight for this disease is very costly and this is why there has been an effort to raise money for this horrible disease.
At this current time.. there is no clear cause of ALS. So if you have any of these symptoms. I encourage you to see your doctor.
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