![]() Nationally, every 90 minutes someone is diagnosed with ALS and someone dies of ALS. According to ALS.org, your chances of getting ALS are 1 in 300 in your lifetime. As the nerve cells degenerate, they stop sending messages to the muscles, and the muscles gradually weaken, start to twitch and waste away.Įventually, the brain loses its ability to initiate and control those voluntary movements.Īccording to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, there is no cure for ALS and no effective treatment to halt or reverse the progression of the disease. The progressive disease affects the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscle movement. ![]() ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a brief life sentence without possibility of parole, a horrific disease that lays waste to the body's ability to eat, walk and eventually breathe.
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