Naast boven,Will there be cure for ALS?
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a disease that attacks the nerve cells in your brain and spinal cord. There is no known cure. But doctors do have treatments and therapies that can slow down or ease symptoms in you or a loved one.
Evenzo wordt gevraagd:,What is life expectancy after ALS?
According to the ALS Association, the average life expectancy of a person with ALS is two to five years from the time of diagnosis. However, it varies greatly: Over 50% of people with ALS live for more than three years. Twenty percent live five years or more. Ten percent live 10 or more years. Five percent will live for more than 20 years.
gewoon zo,Who is most at risk for ALS?
In 90 to 95 percent of the cases, ALS occurs at random, with no clearly associated risk factors. Patients do not have a family history of the disease, and their family members are not considered to be at an increased risk for developing ALS. About five to ten percent of all ALS cases are inherited.
What is the prognosis for someone with ALS?
Most of them die within 2 to 5 years of being diagnosed, usually because of respiratory failure. However, a small group, about 5% of those with ALS, have been able to survive for 20 years or more.