2024年4月10日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a-my-o-TROE-fik LAT-ur-ul skluh-ROE-sis), known as ALS, is a nervous system disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. ALS causes loss of muscle control. The disease gets worse over time. ALS is often called Lou Gehrig's disease after the baseball player who was diagnosed with it.

2023年12月18日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disease that affects motor neurons. It causes loss of control of voluntary muscles. Read on to learn more.

2024年7月19日 · Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), formerly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disorder that affects motor neurons, the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement and breathing.

2024年4月15日 · ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, affects the nerves that control your voluntary muscles. Those are muscles you use for actions such as moving your arms and...

2019年3月30日 · Lou Gehrig's Disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a progressive and usually fatal disorder that attacks the nerves and muscles.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal type of motor neuron disease. It causes progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the spinal cord and brain. It's often called Lou Gehrig disease after a famous baseball player who died from the disease. ALS is one of the most devastating types of disorders that affect nerve and muscle function.

On June 2, 1941, the U.S. lost one of its greatest heroes, Lou Gehrig, to a disease that would become synonymous with his name. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), thereafter, would also be known as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

2024年6月27日 · ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a neurodegenerative condition that affects how nerve cells communicate with your muscles. It leads to muscle weakness that gets worse over time. Symptoms can affect how you move, speak and breathe. ALS treatment includes therapies and medications to manage symptoms and slow the progression of the disease.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or motor neuron disease, is a progressive, degenerative disease that destroys the nerve cells that control voluntary muscle movement.

What Is Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS)? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease — is a progressive, degenerative motor neuron disease of the nervous system. Motor neurons are the nerve cells that send messages to your muscles to function.