I was nominated for the #icebucketchallenge by my sister, Justine Chelsea to raise awareness for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (aka ALS or Lou Gehrigs Disease). I nominate Colleen Dickson, Ashley Brister, Alex Dhetsol, Lithrua Crovain Gravestein, H. Mark Little. You have 24 hours to complete this challenge or to donate $100 for ALS.. i did a poor job in the video describing the disease.. and to raise awareness people need to know what it is. it is progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons die, the ability of the brain to initiate and control muscle movement is lost. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, patients in the later stages of the disease may become totally paralyzed. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing...
Posted on: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 20:06:45 +0000
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