Lou Gehrig's disease

Introduction: Lou Gehrig's disease

Description of Lou Gehrig's disease

Lou Gehrig's disease (medical condition): A motor neuron disease involving progressive...more »

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis:
  »Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  »Symptoms of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  »Treatments for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lou Gehrig's disease: A degenerative motor neuron disease marked by weakness and wasting of the muscles which starts at the hands and legs and spreads to the rest of the body. Death occurs in 2 to 5 years. Also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or wasting palsy.

Lou Gehrig's disease: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Lou Gehrig's disease:

• Gehrig
• Degenerative
• Degenerative disease
• Motor
• Motor problems
• Neuron
• Weakness (3752 causes)
• Wasting (351 causes)
• Wasting disease
• Wasting syndrome

Lou Gehrig's disease: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lou Gehrig's disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Lou Gehrig's disease, or a subtype of Lou Gehrig's disease, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Lou Gehrig's disease as a Disease

Lou Gehrig's disease: Another name for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  »Symptoms of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  »Treatments for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Lou Gehrig's disease: Related Diseases

Lou Gehrig's disease: Lou Gehrig's disease is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sclerosis
• Motor neuron diseases
• Motor neuron diseases
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Muscle conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Movement conditions
• Degenerative conditions
• Brain conditions
• Head conditions
• Spinal cord conditions
• Musculoskeletal conditions
• Genetic conditions

Symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Some of the symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease incude:

• Muscle weakness
• Initial symptoms depend on which muscles affected first
• Tripping
• Falling
• Loss of motor control in hands and arms

See full list of 32 symptoms of Lou Gehrig's disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Treatments for Lou Gehrig's disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)

Treatments for Lou Gehrig's disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) include:

• Riluzole
• Supportive treatments
• Riluzole is an approved drug that may minimize damage to the nerves
• Experimental medications: KNS-760704, Tetracycline antibiotic minocycline, Insulin-like growth factor 1 and Methylcobalamin
• Alternative approaches: hyponotherapy, psychotherapy, nutritional support

Read more about treatments for Lou Gehrig's disease

Treatment of Lou Gehrig's disease: For more treatment information about Lou Gehrig's disease, see treatment of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease)

Lou Gehrig's disease: Article Excerpts about Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology (Excerpt)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disorder characterized by progressive degeneration of motor neuron...(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)

NINDS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a progressive, fatal neurological disease ... (Source: excerpt from NINDS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Information Page: NINDS)

Lou Gehrig's disease: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Lou Gehrig's disease:

• Muscle weakness
• Tripping
• Falling
• Loss of motor control in hands and arms
• Difficulty speaking
• Difficulty swallowing
• Difficulty breathing
• Persistent fatigue
• Twitching
• Muscle cramps

Terms associated with Lou Gehrig's disease:

Terms Similar to Lou Gehrig's disease:

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• ALS
• ALS1
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1

Source - NIH

The following terms can be used for Lou Gehrig's disease

• amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Source: CRISP

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