Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS, is a fatal nervous system disease that effects both upper and lower motor neurons, it is caused by a degeneration of muscles, and it has no real effective drug as of now. Sentence about anatomy of systems. Snetence about cause of disease. Sentence about complications and diagnosis. Repeat thesis.
What is ALS? In regards to movement, ALS makes body and limb mobility increasingly difficult. When it comes to an ALS's patient’s behavior and thinking, those are also affected and can result in dementia. ALS generally affects adults in the 60's. In addition, men are more likely to be affected by ALS then women. The typical cause of death for ALS patients is difficulty in breathing. As for the death rate, 50% of patients die within 2-4 years of the initial symptoms (Bromberg & Bromberg, 2017, pp. 1-3).
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The meaning of motor neurons, or efferent nerves, is the direction of the nerves from the brain or spinal cord to the muscles. Lateral is referring to the sides of the spinal cords, and sclerosis is referring to the hardening from scar tissue. This hardening occurs when there is a loss of upper motor neurons that send their fibers along the lateral sides of the spinal cord. ALS was first recognized in the mid 1800's. Another common name of ALS is Lou Gherig's disease (Bromberg & Bromberg, 2017, p.