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Lou Gehrig's Disease
Lou Gehrig's disease is a fatal, progressive disease that affects the nerves that control a person’s voluntary muscle movement. Individuals afflicted with the disorder lose the capacity to control and initiate voluntary movements.
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How long can someone live with ALS Lou Gehrig's disease?
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Their life span is usually shorten by 4-6 years.
What was the date when Lou Gehrig was diagnosed with ALS?
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Lou Gehrig's diagnosis was confirmed on June 19, 1939, it was his 36th birthday. The tests were confirmed positive at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
What is the name of the illness often referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease?
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Who was the New York Yankees baseball player that died of a rare muscle disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
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Lou Gehrig
Why was Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis named after Lou Gehrig?
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Lou gehrig Died of it at a very young age. And he was one of the most important people that died from it.
Does the Lou Gehrig fund raise for ALS?
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Yes! Lou Gehrig died of ALS. After his death they named the disease after him. Well sort of. Its a famous nick name for it you could say.
Why is the disease ALS also referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease?
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That is because when Lou Gehrig, a popular baseball player with the Yankees was diagnosed with ALS, anyone after Lou, who was diagnosed , would be compared to the person, the infamous Lou Gehrig, who in all honesty made ALS known to the public.
What does the medical abbreviation ALS mean?
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease" - is the progressing neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. It affects the motor neurons that lead from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles. This eventually leads to death due to the inability of the brain control muscle function bascially paralyzing the patient.
What is the prognosis for people who have multiple auto-immune disease your mother died from a disease that cause her muscles to atrophy similar to Lou gehrigs but it wasn't Lou gehrigs disease?
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It is far too complex to judge based off this information. Your doctor will be able to diagnose and predict any diseases and or processes that you may have.
