Whatever ALS is it?

12.10.2015

ALS is an acronym for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal nerve-related diseases, so that people suffering from this disease will be difficult to move, and will definitely affect your daily life.
Experience motor function damage in patients with the disease ALS to provide stimulating muscles to perform the movement, such as walking or holding things, this disease is a neurological disease is because, there conduction of nerve impulses from the nerve injury symptoms resulting intermediate process only.
Ice bucket challengeAhhir these days more busy people who do "ice bucket challenge" Challenge flat ice, and therefore the operation of this action is actually held fund-raising ALS disease in addition to this action helps to improve public awareness of the disease ALS.
For patients with ALS in Indonesia there is no data in the affirmative, but the incidence was about 5 million people in the US diagnosed each year, according to statistics people with ALS is more common in men aged 40~50 years old, and one person to experience this disease is 10% is a hereditary factor, although it can not only inherited from the previous generation derived directly from the parents.
Unfortunately, there is no cure samapai ALS is a disease directly but only just resolved the symptoms, if detected people affected by this disease, but not treated immediately then his life only lasts about three years .
Usually people with ALS die from the disease known as reducing swallowing or aspiration pneumonia ability to make patients experienced a bottleneck, if not promptly rescued can lead to death.
Symptoms of the disease ALSSymptoms of the disease usually occurs slowly ALS is not so severe stroke direct, initial symptoms include:
Nervous and stiff muscles in certain parts of the bodycramptwitchDifficulty chewing or swallowing
If you experience these features, you should be wary, because this may be the disease ALS, then the patient will be difficult to control body movements, such as moving hands, arms, legs and face.
This article related to ALS, we need to know, because this disease is still not found a drug can directly handle it, so if you find evidence, as mentioned above, we should remain vigilant.I hope useful for everyone.