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Lou Gehrig's Disease



One of my friends Bella has Lou Gehrig's Disease. Before she was diagnosed with ALS, she use to tell me the symptoms she was getting. ALS actually starts in the hands, feet, or limbs. Such as having a hard time walking, tripping, falling, weakness in her legs, slurred speech, trouble swallowing, clumsiness, muscle cramps, and having a hard time sitting up straight. After a week of her in pain, I suggested she should go see a doctor. She went to see the doctor, that day she got news that she was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease. This disease is a specific disease that causes the death of neurons controlling voluntary muscles. This disease is also known as ALS. In 1941, a baseball player Lou Gehrig who played for the New York Yankees was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive debilitating and fatal disorder that today is still often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease" As this disease spreads throughout the body, nerve cells are destroyed, the muscles are progressively weakening. After she passed this stage, she started experiencing chewing, swallowing, speaking, and breathing. She later had a visit with the doctor and he said that there really isn't a cure for ALS. But in order to reduce her discomfort, the doctor suggested a treatment called "Riluzole". This treatment tends to delay the onset of ventilator-dependence in some people and may increase the survival by two or three months. She tried the medication and it seemed to calm her pain. 






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