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What disease does Steven Hawking suffer from?
He has a muscular dystrophy cognate to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the latter being also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
What alternative is there to tracheotomy?
Some patients with pre-existing neuromuscular disease (such as ALS or muscular dystrophy) can be sucessfully managed with emergency noninvasive ventilation via a face mask, rather than with tracheotomy
What disease causes muscle pain?
Myopathy is a general term describing muscle disease - from the greek "myo" for muscle and "pathos" for suffering. It is also a term used in the names of a variety of specific muscle diseases. The Muscular Dystrophy Association offers a comprehensive list of neuromuscular diseases, including:Duchennse muscular dystrophy (the most common and sever of MD)Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD)Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or "Lou Gherig's Disease")myopathy (multiple forms)Central Core DiseaseAcid Maltase DeficiencyInclusion-Body MyocitisPearson SyndromThomsen Disease
What is a chronic progressive neuromuscular disease that is characterized by extreme muscular weakness and progressive fatigue?
Myesthena Gravis Various forms of motor neurone disease (ALS being one in the states) Persistent long term low testosterone MS That's to name just a few.
Famous people with aLS?
Anjelina jolie.. And she has to take care of her muscular duchene husband brad
How did Stephen Hawking end up in a wheel chair?
When he was 21 he was diagnosed with ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease. It is a muscular dystrophy meaning that his muscles slowly weaken and waste away and will eventually kill him.
What is the name of the disease that causes muscle weakening?
There are lots of conditions associated with symptoms of muscle weakening, including multiple sclerosis, polio, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and nerve trauma. Are you thinking about one in particular?
What medical conditions impair breathing?
muscular dystrophies motor neuron disease, including ALS damage to the brain's respiratory centers
Is als the same as cancer?
Not even close.
What is the difference between gc hss and gc als?
What is the difference beween ALS and HSS IN GAS CHROMOTRAGHPY. When to used either of the apparatus
How does a person get ALS?
We don't really know what causes ALS, but we do know that it can strike any adult at any time. While the usual age at onset is between 45 and 65, people as young as 17 have been diagnosed in the past. Between 5 and 10% of ALS cases are found in the same families, meaning that they are "familial", and are definitely linked genetically. But for the most part, diagnosis is sporadic and we don't know how it is caused.
What is German word als mean?
als = as als = than als = by the time als = when
