Essay Archive - Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Motor Neuron Disease Maladie de Charcot Lou Gehrig's Disease
ALS is an extremely deadly disease affecting the nerve cells that
control the victim's voluntary muscles. These nerves shrink and eventually die,
leaving the muscles without stimulation. As these muscles go without
stimulation, they too eventually shrink and die. The victim progressively
weakens to the point of complete paralysis of all voluntary muscles and some
involuntary muscles, such as breathing and swallowing, and soon after this point,
death is inevi....
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