The sole purpose of the ALS ice bucket challenge is to raise awareness for the disease. For those of you who have no idea what this illness is about and still participating need to. If youre not donating whats the sense in blindly uploading a video without explaining why. The whole point of the challenge is for the donor to feel even for a few minutes how someone with The disease feels. The brain is in full function but the body completely freezes up. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as Lou Gehrigs 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. So the next time you decide to pick up on a fad and run with it ensure that youre fully aware. Not pointing to anyone in particular, just be aware.
Posted on: Fri, 22 Aug 2014 03:10:45 +0000
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