Als is characterized by stiff muscles muscle twitching and gradually worsening weakness due to muscles.
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Researchers from northwestern university are reporting a major breakthrough in understanding the cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis als the fatal disease also known as lou gehrig s disease.
Als is short for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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Lou gehrig s disease is also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis als.
Arm and hand weakness may show up as trouble buttoning clothes opening containers or lifting things.
Muscle weakness is the first symptom in 60 percent of people with lou gehrig disease reports the als association 1.
Learn more about als and the first signs of the disease onset as well as the best options for successful treatment.
Some also use the term motor neuron disease for a group of conditions of which als is the most common.
You might also have heard it called lou gehrig s disease after the baseball player who was diagnosed with it in the 1930s.