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Lou Gehrig’s disease
Lou Gehrig’s disease Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive degenerative illness of the nerve cells that control movement in the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
Lou Gehrig’s disease, also called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a progressive degenerative illness of the nerve cells that control movement in the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord. It most often starts after age 50 and leads to increasing muscle weakness and wasting, twitching, exaggerated reflexes, speech and swallowing difficulties, and later failure of breathing muscles; death commonly occurs within 3 to 6 years.