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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, or more colloquially Lou Gherig's Disease is a progressive neurological disorder which eventually robs the body of its ability to control its muscles. During this period of time, the mental faculties of the patient remain intact. It can strike at any time during adulthood and, once diagnosed, it is progressive and eventually fatal. During this period of time, the patient eventually becomes fully paralyzed to the point of no longer being able to talk in many cases, but in all cases to the point of quadriplegia.

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  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
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  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, or more colloquially Lou Gherig's Disease is a progressive neurological disorder which eventually robs the body of its ability to control its muscles. During this period of time, the mental faculties of the patient remain intact. It can strike at any time during adulthood and, once diagnosed, it is progressive and eventually fatal. During this period of time, the patient eventually becomes fully paralyzed to the point of no longer being able to talk in many cases, but in all cases to the point of quadriplegia.
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  • Terminal and inevitably fatal
symptom
  • Progressive fatigue, weakness and paralysis, starting in the lower extremities
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Name
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Type
  • Degenerative nerve disease
treatment
  • Physiotherapy to slow it's progression
Cause
  • Unknown
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  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, or more colloquially Lou Gherig's Disease is a progressive neurological disorder which eventually robs the body of its ability to control its muscles. During this period of time, the mental faculties of the patient remain intact. It can strike at any time during adulthood and, once diagnosed, it is progressive and eventually fatal. During this period of time, the patient eventually becomes fully paralyzed to the point of no longer being able to talk in many cases, but in all cases to the point of quadriplegia. ALS cannot be diagnosed through a definitive test, and must be diagnosed through a differential process where all other possibilities must be eliminated - a diagnosis of exclusion. One of the most famous sufferers of the disorder, apart from its original namesake, is physicist Stephen Hawking, who has lived with the disease since he was a student at Oxford and has managed to survive for over forty years. In DNR, House turns out to be right when he meets an ALS patient and attempts to find a different diagnosis.
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