Causes And Symptoms Of Lou Gherigs Disease
ALL ABOUT ALS
MECHANISMS, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS!
Dawn Prince
11/7/14
7th hour
Introduction:
So today I’m going to talk about ALS. Mainly about symptoms and what causes Als and why it’s called Lou Gherigs disease. I hope you will like this essay. Als is a very serious disease ths disease kills thousands of people every year. This disease is rare but very deadly. So pleaser take it very seriously. Als affects many people every single day. It takes many lives every year.
What is Als you ask?
Lets start off with what Als stands for, it stands for Amytrophic lateral sclerosis. It is also called Lou Gehrigs disease. That’s the scientific term for it though most people usually call it ALS. Als …show more content…
The symptoms that occur within most people are muscle weakness in the arms, hands, legs or the muscles that help with speech, and difficulty swallowing or breathing. Others are twitching, or cramping of the muscles mainly in the hands or feet. This also can lead to impairment of the arms and legs. Some people call this one "thick speech" known as difficulty in projecting the voice. Later in more of the advanced stages there can be shortness of breath, and difficulty in swallowing. The rate of these symptoms is really depending on the person. Your five senses will remain untouched by this disease. (http://www.alsa.org/about-als/symptoms.html …show more content…
He was known as one of the most talented baseball players. His accomplishments made him an American hero, but his early tragic death made him a legend. He was born in 1903 in New York City; he was one of four children to survive in his family. Lou's family was very poor while he was growing up. He loved playing baseball but in the year of 1925 during his games he began to experience some symptoms including broken fingers that "healed" and back spasms. He didn't realize exactly what was going on he just kept playing. (Mr Gildea, Mrs. Lucas Launguage Arts)
His average batting in 1925 was .295. The upcoming year he batted .313 and lead the league with 20 triples. He was able to get passed these symptoms through a couple of years. In the World Series he batted .348 the most he had batted since he started. Then in 1938 his symptoms began to increase in his games. His batting went down below three hundred! This was the first times since 1925 the coach knew something was going on. Lou lacked his normal strength; the pitches he would have hit for homeruns were only fly outs. (Mr Gildea, Mrs. Lucas Language
MECHANISMS, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENTS!
Dawn Prince
11/7/14
7th hour
Introduction:
So today I’m going to talk about ALS. Mainly about symptoms and what causes Als and why it’s called Lou Gherigs disease. I hope you will like this essay. Als is a very serious disease ths disease kills thousands of people every year. This disease is rare but very deadly. So pleaser take it very seriously. Als affects many people every single day. It takes many lives every year.
What is Als you ask?
Lets start off with what Als stands for, it stands for Amytrophic lateral sclerosis. It is also called Lou Gehrigs disease. That’s the scientific term for it though most people usually call it ALS. Als …show more content…
The symptoms that occur within most people are muscle weakness in the arms, hands, legs or the muscles that help with speech, and difficulty swallowing or breathing. Others are twitching, or cramping of the muscles mainly in the hands or feet. This also can lead to impairment of the arms and legs. Some people call this one "thick speech" known as difficulty in projecting the voice. Later in more of the advanced stages there can be shortness of breath, and difficulty in swallowing. The rate of these symptoms is really depending on the person. Your five senses will remain untouched by this disease. (http://www.alsa.org/about-als/symptoms.html …show more content…
He was known as one of the most talented baseball players. His accomplishments made him an American hero, but his early tragic death made him a legend. He was born in 1903 in New York City; he was one of four children to survive in his family. Lou's family was very poor while he was growing up. He loved playing baseball but in the year of 1925 during his games he began to experience some symptoms including broken fingers that "healed" and back spasms. He didn't realize exactly what was going on he just kept playing. (Mr Gildea, Mrs. Lucas Launguage Arts)
His average batting in 1925 was .295. The upcoming year he batted .313 and lead the league with 20 triples. He was able to get passed these symptoms through a couple of years. In the World Series he batted .348 the most he had batted since he started. Then in 1938 his symptoms began to increase in his games. His batting went down below three hundred! This was the first times since 1925 the coach knew something was going on. Lou lacked his normal strength; the pitches he would have hit for homeruns were only fly outs. (Mr Gildea, Mrs. Lucas Language