Symptoms
Another term for breathing problems
What is difficulty breathing?
A degenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscle function, causing weakness and muscle atrophy.
What is ALS?
ALS is also known as
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Scleorsis?
A form of therapy that uses chemicals to treat the body
What is drug therapy?
When was Charcot-Marie-Tooth discovered
What is 1886
When you see two of everything
What is double vision?
An inherited neurological disorder that affects the peripheral nerves.
What is CMT?
CMT is also known as
What is Charcot-Marie-Tooth?
A form of therapy that involves strengthening and stretching the muscles and ligaments
What is physical therapy?
The people CMT was named for
Who are Jean-Martin Charcot, Pierre Marie and Howard Henry Tooth?
having to do with being off-center
What are balance problems?
An autoimmune disease in which the person's immune system mistakenly damages healthy nerves in the brain and spinal cord.
What is MS?
MS is also known as
What is multiple sclerosis?
One of the most recommended treatment centers for neuromuscular disorders
What is Cedars-Sinai's Neuromuscular Disorders Program?
This was discovered in 1869
What is ALS?
leads to twitching, cramps, aches and pain
What is muscle weakness?
A group of genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness of the body's muscles
What is muscular dystrophy?
MG is also known as
What is myasthenia gravis?
A therapy that moves the patient's blood through a filtering system to remove the antibodies causing the communication disruption between the nerves and muscles
What is plasmapheresis?
This was discovered in 1868
What is multiple sclerosis?
What you experience when you are tired
What is fatigue?
A neuromuscular disorder that causes weakness and fatigue in the voluntary muscles
What is MG?
Charcot-Marie-Tooth is also referred to as
What is Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy?
A common drug used to treat several neuromuscular diseases
What is corticosteroids?
This was first discovered in the 1860's
What is muscular dystrophy?