Nerve Disease Als And Gradual Loss Of Muscle Function : Amytrophic Lateral Sclerosis

This book describes the current understanding of ALS symptoms, diagnosis, causes, and treatments. Initial symptoms vary in type of muscle dysfunction, intensity of symptoms, and speed of disease progression. Diagnosis requires loss of function in both upper and lower motor neurons for limb-and bulbar-onset ALS, distinguishing ALS from other neuromuscular diseases. Although no cause or initial trigger has been determined for ALS, eventually both limb and bulbar muscles will show dysfunction as the disease progresses--Back cover.

• | Author: Mary Miller
• | Publisher: Momentum Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 14, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 58 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1944749799
• | ISBN-13: 9781944749798