CHALLENGE COMPLETED Vimith Shetty NOMINATION Nishant Tirpude Kamlesh Sah Bhagyashree Virdikar Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the umbrella term used in the US to describe motor neurone diseases, as well as the name for the most common disease in this group, which in the UK we call Motor Neurone Disease. A motor neuron is a nerve cell that makes voluntary muscle movements. MND is a disease in which these cells stop working properly. Motor neurone disease (MND) affects a person’s ability to move voluntarily. MND stops people eating, walking and talking, for example, but doesn’t stop them from thinking or feeling, effectively leaving sufferers ‘locked in’ to their bodies. There is no known cure at the moment. MND is quite rare – only about 5,000 people in the UK suffer from the disease at the moment. However, it strikes fast, and half of people diagnosed with MND will die within the first 14 months of knowing they have it. Celebrities who have suffered from the disease include Professor Stephen Hawking and the actor David Niven. Hawking’s is an unusual case of MND as he’s survived with it for over fifty years. Only 5% of patients diagnosed with MND survive the first ten years after their diagnosis. Stephen Hawking has lived with MND for over 50 years (Picture: AP) The ice bucket challenge started after a baseball player with MND, Pete Frates, volunteered to have it done to him. You can do the ice bucket challenge . Simply volunteer to have a bucket of ice water tipped over your head. After completing the challenge, nominate two friends, who then have 24 hours to drench themselves in ice water as you did, or make a donation to charity if they would rather stay dry. https://youtube/watch?v=0qEufbXav2Q&feature=youtu.be
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 14:48:53 +0000
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