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<span class="text"><font color="#CCCCCC" class="text"> <p><span style="display: none" id="1273858864301E"> </span><span style="display: none" id="1273858852362E"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt"><span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #ffffff">Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," 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.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #ffffff">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. </span></span></p> <p> <span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #ffffff">ALS does not affect bladder or bowel control, or sexual function (although it can make it more difficult to get laid). It does not affect cognitive ability or other senses. ALS is always fatal. Most individuals survive two to five years from diagnosis.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #ffffff">The </span><span style="color: #ffffff"><span style="font-family: Arial">ALS Division of the </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small"><span style="color: #ffffff">Muscular Dystrophy Association and the ALS Association each provide benefit to individuals with ALS.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt"> </div> <p> </p></font></span><br>
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