What Is ALS
The full name of ALS?
What is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?
Small uncontrolled muscle movements are called this.
What are muscle twitches?
There are this many main types of ALS.
What is two?
ALS diagnosis may be delayed because symptoms overlap with this.
What are other medical conditions?
ALS is also known as this disease.
What is Lou Gehrig’s disease?
ALS is classified as this type of disorder.
What is a neurodegenerative disorder?
ALS can make this daily movement difficult.
What is walking?
This type makes up 90% of ALS cases.
What is sporadic ALS?
There is currently this for ALS.
What is no cure?
This famous baseball player had ALS.
Who is Lou Gehrig?
ALS mainly affects this system in the body.
What is the skeletal muscle system (motor neurons controlling muscles)?
Speech may become unclear or slow, known as this.
What is slurred speech?
This type is inherited.
What is familial ALS?
Treatment mainly focuses on this.
What is managing symptoms and improving quality of life?
He played for this baseball team.
What is the New York Yankees?
ALS causes this major physical change over time.
What is progressive muscle weakness?
ALS can cause difficulty doing this with food or liquids.
What is swallowing?
Familial ALS accounts for this percentage of cases.
What is 10%?
Diagnosis usually requires this type of evaluation.
What is a thorough medical evaluation?
His nickname was this.
What is the Iron Horse?
ALS eventually affects a person’s ability to do this basic life function.
What is breathe (and move independently)?
Symptoms of ALS typically do this over time.
What is worsen or progressively spread?
Sporadic ALS occurs in this way.
What is randomly / with no known family history?
ALS is typically diagnosed between these ages.
What is 40–70 years old?
MS is usually diagnosed between these ages.
What is 20–40 years old?