{"id":29035,"date":"2025-07-10T16:28:05","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T16:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/?p=13993"},"modified":"2025-08-18T18:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T18:28:14","slug":"amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis-als\/","title":{"rendered":"Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13994\" src=\"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ALS-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), is a progressive, neurological disease that affects the nerves in your brain and spinal cord that controls your muscle movement. It is also called Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, named after a famous baseball player who suffered from the same condition.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ALS is a progressive disease which means it gets worse over time. As your muscles get weaker, walking, talking, eating, and even breathing get harder too. This disease affects your motor neurons, which control all your voluntary movements. When the motor neurons in your brain and spinal cord die, they cannot send messages and signals to your muscle. And when the muscles don\u2019t get signals, they become very weak. Over time, the muscles will lose their ability to work, and you can\u2019t control their movement anymore.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ALS does not affect nonmotor neurons, such as sensory neurons that bring information from the sense organs to the brain. A person\u2019s sensory function or mental faculties remain healthy even with ALS.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <em><strong>signs and symptoms<\/strong><\/em> of ALS vary greatly from person to person. Although in the initial stages of these conditions, the symptoms are barely noticeable. The first indication might be the twitching in the arms as it makes it difficult to perform simple tasks like buttoning a shirt, picking up little things, or writing, and the awkwardness on the legs when walking or running and the unusual tripping and stumbling. Here are some of the early signs of ALS:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Weakness in muscles of the hands, arms, and legs, including the tongue<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Stiffness of the muscle<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Slurred speech<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nasal voice<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Difficulty in swallowing or chewing<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In an advanced stage, ALS causes shortness of breath making it hard to breathe, which eventually leads to respiratory failure.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are multiple factors attributed to the death of the motor neurons that causes ALS. Though its real cause is not yet fully understood, and its risk factors have not been identified, ongoing research explores the role of genetics and environmental factors in ALS. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Presently, there is no known cure or treatment that stops and reverses the progression of ALS. However, there are FDA-approved drugs that can slow its progression. There are also several clinical trials conducted to understand and fight this disease. And while the research continues to find the most effective cure for ALS, medical teams are trying to assist family members and patients in adjusting and living with the challenges this disease brings. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW62338956 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62338956 BCX0\">You can also visit our website at https:\/\/doralhw.org or contact us at info@mainwebsite.dialysisny.com if you have any queries. For more info, call us on 1-347-384-5690.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW62338956 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62338956 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW62338956 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62338956 BCX0\">We have the best doctors that can help you and improve your quality of life!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW62338956 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), is a progressive, neurological disease that affects the nerves in your brain and spinal cord that controls your muscle movement. It is also called Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, named after a famous baseball player who suffered from the same condition.\u00a0 ALS is a progressive disease which means it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[952,482],"class_list":["post-29035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-motor-neuron-disease","tag-neurology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32644,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29035\/revisions\/32644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doralhw.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}