...cord abruptly start to die, the cells that control the muscles that allow you to move the different parts of your body abruptly start to die. This is what it feels like when your body is afflicted by a disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is also known as Lou Gehrig's disease and was named after a famous athlete who was one of the first people to be afflicted. On Lou Gehrig’s 39th birthday, he was diagnosed, shortly after the illness became unbearable, the all star baseball player sadly had to retire from the sport. On July 4, 1939, athlete, Lou Gehrig, at Yankee Stadium-in front of all his fans-addressed his disease and retirement with a farewell speech. Gehrig’s purpose is to show the world how strong-willed and fearless an individual can be in the face of adversity. He adopts an optimistic tone in order to demonstrate his will power to his fans and anyone afflicted by ALS. Lou Gehrig, is positive with the other baseball players and his fans, Gehrig was able to utilize ethos effectively thoroughly in his speech. His ethical proof is important for the author among the audience; Gehrig was known as being determined and hard-working and his audience had already favored him. The first word in Gehrig’s speech is...
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...Lou Gehrig’s disease or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as ALS, is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks the nerve cells within the brain and spinal cord very quickly. This disease is named after Lou Gehrig, the famous baseball player, who suffered from it as well. Studies show that one can learn what Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is, understand how it affects the body, and gather the information about treatments to help with the symptoms of this disease. This disease causes weakness in the body and impairs physical function. While living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, the nerve cells that are in control of movement in muscles slowly die, so the muscles weaken and atrophy. Studies have revealed many causes such as chemical...
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...“Lou Gehrig’s Disease” Sicknesses have been part of our daily lives for humanity, since time began. Everyday doctors and scientists are working to find new cures and treatments to help improve modern medicine. ALS-amyotropohic lateral sclerosis- is one of those puzzles that is in the process of being solved. According to “Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , in 1869, it was first discovered by Jean-Martin Charcot “the father of neurology”, but did not gain attention from the public eye until 1939, when a famous baseball player by the name of Lou Gehrig was diagnosed (par. 2). Lou Gehrig’s disease, otherwise known as ALS, is an extremely complex disease that breaks down the nervous system, symptoms of ALS are very difficult to discover, and this syndrome is fatal. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS is a complex disease that breaks down the nervous system. ALS Association Create A World Without ALS says that in a-myo-trophic, the “a” means no or negative, “myo” is talking about or referring to the muscle, “trophic” means nourishment, and when you combined the three parts it means no nourishment (par.1). Lateral is the area within the spine where the brain sends a message to the muscles telling them what to do. Sclerosis is hardening, when the disease starts to progress, the lateral areas in the spine will begin to harden and stop being able to receive and send messages. It is a neurodegenerative disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons...
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...Conner Dierksen 11-5-13 CHPA Mrs. Ludaul Rough draft period 1 Lou Gehrigs Disease (ALS) The name of my Disease is Lou Gehrigs Disease or Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS for short a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis affects the nerve system and causes you to go paralyze and not move. What happens is that the motor neutrons die and you lose all control of your muscles and you cannot move your muscles and then you are paralyze until you die of (ALS).In the next Paragraph I will tell you of the symptoms what you will see if you have (ALS).This is the name of my disease and I hope that this Gave you some information on (ALS). Some of the early sighs of (ALS) are that muscle weakness in one or more of the following: hands, arms, legs or the muscles of speech, swallowing or breathing are some of the early symptoms .Some more of the symptoms are twitching and cramping of muscles; especially those in the hands and feet itch are some more of the symptoms. The most common impairment of the use of the arms and legs, and thick speech and difficulty in projecting the voice. The most advanced symptoms are shortness of breath, difficulty in breathing and swallowing. These are the symptoms of ALS. In the next paragraph I will who discovered this disease And how it was discovered. Jean Marie Charcot noted the first reports of ALS in 1874, and named the fatal...
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...heard of Henry Louis Gehrig? He a is also known as Lou Gehrig, a famous Yankees baseball player. Lou was born on June nineteenth 1903, In Yorkville, New York City, New York. But, Lou sadly passed away at the age of thirty-seven on June second 1941 in Riverdale, New York City, New York. Henry Lou Gehrig was a famous baseball player because, of his family and childhood, his major life events, and his achievements both in baseball and in life. Lou Gehrig's family and childhood was an important part of who he was as a person. Henry Louis Gehrig was born to Heinrich Gehrig and Christina Facksister Gehrig on June nineteenth 1903 in Yorkville, New York City, New York. Sadly Henry was the child to survive out of four. His two sisters died of whooping cough and his brother died as an infant. On the more positive side of Lou’s life he was a gifted athlete in football and baseball during his high school career. Lou graduated from Commerce High School in 1921. After his graduation from high school he went onto Columbia University to become an engineer. Henry Gehrig had many major events during his lifetime. One of the first major...
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...Lou Gehrig Speech Worksheet 1. Gehrig's speech is a mini argument. What’s the issue, conclusion, and reasons given to support his point? Gehrig found out that he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and was unable to play baseball for the Yankees after the bad news. 2. What were the interests and concerns of the audience Gehrig was addressing? How was the audience supportive of Gehrig? How was his speech appropriate for his audience? The concerns of the audience where that Gehrig was going to pass away with the diseases he had and was unable to play baseball being one of best baseball players to play in baseball history. The audience was very supportive by making Lou Gehrig appreciation day in a stadium where thousands of people showed up...
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...On July 4, 1939, the fans for the New York Yankees watched Lou Gehrig deliver one of sport's historical moments by reading his speech as he was recently found to be diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). When Gehrig stood in front his large crowd, he did not once emphasizes on his dwelling on his diagnosis, instead, he displayed gratitude and thanks for his audience during his speech time. His speech firstly acknowledges the fans, shortly after emphasizes on him to be the luckiest man on earth. His speech eventually develops into series of structured thanks mentioned for those that supported him throughout his career (Teammates, New York Yankees association, New York Giants) which displays a strong case of Ethos. Also, simultaneously...
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...I have been tasked with writing a paper about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The ALS Association website has described ALS in a very clear and concise manner and I would like to share that with you know. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a 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. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no or negative. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment–"No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening ("sclerosis") in the region. As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles...
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...English II November 4, 2014 ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis but mostly known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease” is a disease where the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movements. It was named after Lou Gehrig because he was the first person with this disease. He was diagnosed in 1938, the doctor originally diagnosed him with a very rare form of degenerative disease. On June 2, 1941 is when the world lost a beloved baseball legend to ALS. This disease will end up leading people with the disease to their death. A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. “A” means no or negative, “Myo” refers to muscle and “Trophic” means nourishment- “no nourishment”. “Lateral” identifies...
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...Gabriel Sulentic Mrs. Walker English 10H 5 February 2024 Lou Gehrig's Research Paper An individual is as good if not better than Babe Ruth. However, people do not know who, because that is just a ludicrous statement to make, that someone is better than the greatest of all time. He is known as Lou Gehrig, also known as the Iron Horse, or Mama's Boy. A great deal of people have not heard of him because he was a quiet legend who had his career cut short. Lou Gehrig had an interesting childhood, high school and college life, but he is most known for his professional career along with his interesting discoveries in the medical world that affect people to this day. Lou Gehrig, an early American baseball player who played in the major leagues, was...
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...Persuasive Speech: Euthanasia. The word “Euthanasia” comes from the Greek words meaning “good death.” In practice, it has come to mean the selective killing of those who are old, young and sick. Worldwide, support for the practice appears to be increasing. However, in today’s society, there are deeper and more layers of meaning to euthanasia than before. There are three basic types of euthanasia: Voluntary, non- voluntary and involuntary. Voluntary euthanasia concerns itself with the express wish of a mentally competent person to die through the assistance of others. Voluntary euthanasia can further be divided into two categories: passive voluntary, which is the specifically requested withholding of unwanted medical treatment, and active voluntary which is the deliberate action of killing the patient at that patients informed request. Should dying human beings be made to suffer horribly during their last days in this world before looking forward to a painful and undignified death when they wish it to be otherwise? The answer is no. As such voluntary euthanasia should be legalized for the terminally ill patients. For many people, euthanasia is a preferable option to dependence and unbearable suffering. A study was conducted on patents’ assessment of states worse than death by Robert Pearlman, a physican specializing in geriatric care at the Seattle Veterans Heath Center. In depth interviews were held with 56 suffering from cancer, AIDS, or who had spent time in a coma from...
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...ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) comes from the Greek language. “A” means no “myo” meaning muscle, and “trophic” meaning nourishment, which basically says no muscle nourishment. When famous baseball player, Lou Gehrig got diagnosed with ALS, they renamed the disease after him, and in his memory. This disease is a very hard disease to diagnose. There is no special test or procedure to establish whether somebody does or doesn’t have ALS. There are 5,600 people in the U.S. who are diagnosed each year, and there are at least 30,000 Americans who have this devastating disease at anytime. Most people get diagnosed between 40 and 70 years of age, but that’s not always the case for all people. 60% of patients with ALS are men and 93% of patients are Caucasian, but this disease can strike anyone throughout the world with no racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic boundaries. When people are first getting diagnosed with ALS, there isn’t one specific test so the doctors do many different things to test what the outcomes are. The doctor will first do a complete medical history, and physical exam plus a neurological examination. Most patients will have an EMG done since that is one of the most important things in the diagnosis process. The earliest signs of ALS are most often weakness in the arms or legs. Those symptoms are usually more pronounced on one side than the other at first. The initial symptoms of ALS can vary and not all people...
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...ALS Helpful or Hurtful The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge went viral on social networks, but is it too successful for its own good? ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) often referred to as “Lou Gehrigs Disease,” is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord (ALS Association). It’s like Parkinson’s on super-steroids. Now, the challenge aspect was a simple dare. You had 24 hours to drench yourself in a bucket of ice water, and if you didn’t complete the dare in 24 hours you had to donate $100 to the research. To keep the cycle going you had to dare others before completing yours ( ). It all started with a patient named Peter Frates diagnosed with ALS in Boston. Then it totally went viral within weeks from everyday locals, to professional athletes, and then to national and international celebrities. LeBron James, who was previously a Heat player in the NBA at the time accepted the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge from the deck of a yacht in Greece (Forbes). Having many celebrities including Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Justin Bieber helped raise donations more than $15 million. It took over mainly on the social network of Instagram, an online mobile photo and video social networking service that branch out to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Flickr. I personally participated in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. I was nominated by my boyfriend to complete the challenge. I completed the challenge, but I only completed the challenge because...
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...Sports can cause multiple injuries to any area of the body ,but the worst part of the body affected by sports injury is the brain. Damage to the brain can be caused by a sudden movement which causes the brain to be rattled around in the skull. Due, to your brain being rattled around you can suffer from a concussion, which can lead you to be diagnosed of one of the two major diseases caused by multiple concussions, ALS and CTE. ALS and CTE are two major diseases caused by concussion in sports or any other activity. One of the diseases you can get from multiple concussions,is ALS ,which stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. ALS can not only be caused by excessive concussions but also smoking,toxins,warfare,and too much exercise. In other words this means that ALS will weaken every part of the body except for your brain.This is also known as the Lou Gehrig Disease. Symptoms of...
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...the game. Changing up the game is causing a lot of corruption in the sports world because people believe the game can’t be played right with recent rule changes that will affect what the game is all about. They believe although some protective measures should be added , they should also be limited and also that the amount of injuries could easily be limited if people would instead become more educated when handling head injuries and by practicing safe sports. Every job carries risks that everyone should already know about and if not they should have the right to become more educated about the consequences that may occur and how to prevent those well still playing the game they love. ALS or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig disease, when broken up means the weakening of muscles. This disease slowly paralyzes the muscles in your body one by one till you eventually choke on saliva or your heart can no longer function. Death does not come until about 2-5 years after diagnosis, but you will eventually die from it no matter what, because sadly there's no treatments for it. The doctors may give you medication to deal with it but it always kills. ALS is a central nervous system disease that begins in the brain and spinal cord. The nerve cells ,also known as motor neurons, are greatly affected which lead to cell deaths and bodily dysfunctions. For example, one by one the muscles in your body become malnourished and weaken which causes muscle...
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